Thread by @peterstaley

If the CDC has increased their Delta Ro because of the Ptown cohort, then they are overstating it for the general population. The cohort was 85% male (WaPo and NYT have both failed to mention this). Hello, it was Bear Week. @apoorva_nyc rightly mentions packed bars, etc., but /1

https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1420974032522866690

... everyone is missing the horny bear in the room. Bears go to Ptown to have lots of fun which includes lots of sex. News flash, gay men KISS when they have sex. /2

If you asked an ID expert to suggest the most efficient way for an infected vaxd person to infect another vaxd person, she'd say "let them deeply kiss for half a minute."

Hoping CDC used other cohorts for their new Ro. Ptown's is skewed by (gay) boys being boys. /end

Addendum -- Even during its gayest week, Ptown is NOT 85% male tourists. The cohort skews 85% male for a reason. CDC is being too politically correct in not explaining this skew.

As I told my friends in the Ptown cohort, "don't worry, just like the early AIDS yrs, blowjobs are really safe; and PrEP kept your fucking safe too -- it's the kissing that got ya!"