I doubt it was more dangerous than getting AIDS was back then.
Yes. That’s clearly not the point of that comment, which was saying that making an equivalence between that in syphilis and HIV is not accurate. Unless you’re trying to say the mortality rate between HIV was lower than syphilis back then, which seems to be not accurate
I did not say that this difference made it the wrong policy, merely that it’s something to keep in mind and that you shouldn’t consider the cases of syphilis and AIDS to be entirely analogous.
Uh, no. Transmission rates are higher with anal sex, but not 0 for vaginal sex.
So basically you’re arguing for “death before dishonor”. Ok, just keep in mind that the policy you’re defending did indeed lead to many deaths.
I did not say that this difference made it the wrong policy, merely that it’s something to keep in mind and that you shouldn’t consider the cases of syphilis and AIDS to be entirely analogous.
The differences you highlight are much less than the differences in lethality.