Posted on 08/27/2013 11:09:28 PM PDT by grundle
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Sacramento County’s health department will begin distributing a take-home STD test for women that won’t cost users a penny.
The city has one of the highest rates of STDs in the state, and it keeps going up every year. Now a new online program will hopefully get more people to get tested.
“We definitely need all the help we can get,” said Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye.
The division of public health says STDs are spreading like wildfire in Sacramento, with chlamydia and gonorrhea considered an epidemic.
“Many people who have STDs do not have symptoms. So they would not know otherwise, unless they do the testing,” said Kasirye.
STD tests can be costly and uncomfortable for some. So now the county is offering in-home tests for women, which are paid for by the state.
“More like a swab in the private area and then they put it in the tube. The tube is then sealed and mailed off to the lab,” said Kasirye.
You can sign up online and a few days later you’ll receive a kit in the mail. It won’t cost a thing.
“Free, anonymous, at home, yeah sounds good,” said one Sacramento woman. “I can imagine a lot of women signing up for that.”
(Excerpt) Read more at sacramento.cbslocal.com ...
Well, maybe the pervert movie industry will relocate there from the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles....
I always thought Chlamydia was such a purdy name for a girl... :)
The inevitable consequence of promiscous, family destoying liberal policies. And the real rub is that those of us who do not subscribe to this lifestyle are the ones paying for it. Home STD kits are NOT free. They are being paid for by the State, and the State gets its money via taxation.
uh, I’ve actually seen that name in the ER...
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