U.S. Sets Record in Sexual Disease Cases — So much for killing sex education in the schools. If you look into it, these diseases were on a downward trend until about the year 2000. What changed?
More than 1 million cases of chlamydia were reported in the United States last year — the most ever reported for a sexually transmitted disease, federal health officials said Tuesday. “A new U.S. record,” said Dr. John M. Douglas Jr. of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More bad news: Gonorrhea rates are jumping again after hitting a record low, and an increasing number of cases are caused by a “superbug” version resistant to common antibiotics, federal officials said Tuesday.
Syphilis is rising, too. The rate of congenital syphilis — which can deform or kill babies — rose for the first time in 15 years.
And this is why teenagers should have a computer + internet access in their rooms.
So, the moral of the story is that conservative, self-righteous Xtians will come down with STDs more often?
Is this really a problem? Let Darwin work his magic!
Us “libruhls” may not have many children, but at least we aren’t fooling around until our unprotected reproductive bits turn black and fall off. And conservatives are more likely to fight health care reform that would help these people out. Oh, irony!
Yet another reason to save sex until you’ve figured out the ideology of your partner; conservatives are diseased!
#22, Nate, any bets the increases are among the protected minorities, and not the Jesus Freaks?
#23 Pillep,
You got it! If you link back to the 2006 STD trend report, the only increase is in Syphilis in men who have sex with other men. Others continued to decline or had small increases in minority groups. The trends are not keyed to specific ages either so this story is meaningless since it has nothing to do with sex-ed in public schools. Another dumb posting brought to you by none other than JCD.
99.9% of children DONT have an STD at birth…
So with this idea, they should be clean when they get to their TEENS…
So, whose the Monkey that raped the dog?? And introduced STD into the pool.
#23, Phillep;
I’ll answer your strawman with another:
Any bet on the increases being at a higher rate among conservatives than liberals?
What is the chance of getting pregnant when using a condom? 8%. What is the chance of getting pregnant without one? There is around a one day period in a month when a female can get pregnant. On those other 30 days of the month there is a 8% chance, everyday that you can catch an STD. Condom or no condom, if you’re having sex with someone that has an STD, sooner or later you’re going to have it. You’ve just got to do the math. That said what are the odds of catching an STD when you have sex with someone that doesn’t have an STD? None, with or without a condom. By the way for those who haven’t had sex without a condom I suuggest you try it sometime….preferably with someone that doesn’t have an STD. And yes there are other forms of birth control.