Common STDs Hit New U.S. Record

US News & World Report ^ | August 28, 2018 | Joseph P. Williams

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I honestly expected the rates to be higher on either coast where all the Socialists live. Wonder what gives?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“It almost as if God has our best interests in Mind.”

Works every time it’s tried! ;)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

And I’m sure you’re not alone in your profession.

How sad. :(

[Bob Ireland]

***Dims contributions to American Culture ... what have I left out?***

THE MEDIA! Good grief; movies, TV, video games, www, news stand... We are drowning in Masters & Johnson sex, sex, sex. Our youth think it comes with lunch. The media have them thinking 25% of the country is homosexual and at least 10% are trans-sexual. Even the behavioral sciences are counseling that if you are not having sex with your household pets YOU are the sexual deviant.
I'll retire to Bedlam.

[blueplum]

according to a 2016 CDC report, 90% of the new cases of syphilis and gono were a result of men on men sex. Predominantly men of color. Poverty isn't a factor: when poverty falls, disease should fall but it's increased so we can count that out. Under political hammer of "the birthplace of civil rights" combined with a majority of female-headed households easily swayed politically by activist pastors, there is more widespread cultural acceptance in the South for open homosexuality in general. So, the South became a magnet for gays, whether it be Dallas, Atlanta or Key West. Then there's recently introduced migrants who tend to gravitate to the temperate climate. They come from areas where homosexuality was publicly suppressed and casual encounters are the norm, but here in the US it's like kids in a candy store - a free-for-all with dozens of gay clubs in every urban area. Add in lack of knowledge about STD prevention, a good helping of 'it won't happen to me' and even the not-uncommon "hooker revenge" attitude of 'well if I have XYZ disease, everybody should have it", and we get an epidemic that is uncontrolled and politically incorrect to talk about.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thanks for the explanation. Very sad state of affairs, as it were. :(