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.
“Hopefully we will not see this turn into a trend,” said Dr. Khalil Ghanem, an infectious diseases specialist at Johns Hopkins University’s School of medicine.
That’s what you get for being a polyamorous person. I guess this should be seen as a sign of liberation.
Is anyone surprised? A pox on them all. LM
I thought that freely distributing condoms in the high schools was to reduce stds and pregnancies.
Obviously this is proof that Abstinence Education is a failure.
(FWIW, so is Physics and Chemisty education, if you ignore what you’re being taught.)
What percentage of these cases are within Episcopalians?
How about a liturgy authorized by the bishop which would bless one’s STD?