NIH Spent $464,272 to Find Out Why Gay Men Get Syphilis in Peru

Washington Free Beacon ^ | February 3, 2014 | Elizabeth Harrington

[managusta]

The National Institutes of Health has spent millions of dollars studying male sex workers in Peru, including more than $400,000 to determine why gay men get syphilis in the South American country.

“Syphilis remains an uncontrolled infectious disease globally, with high prevalence and incidence in certain high risk populations, affecting more than 20 percent of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Peru,” according to the grant, awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

“The incidence of syphilis in MSM in Peru is about 9 cases per 100 person-years,” it said. “We are proposing a study to improve our understanding of syphilis epidemiology and molecular biology, particularly among MSM.”

[managusta]

It appears that we have insufficient homosexuals infected with syphilis in the US.Come on guys anything they do in Peru we can do better.

[Gen.Blather]

“anything they do in Peru we can do better. “

Yeah, but they do it with donkeys.

[12th_Monkey]

because Peru is “down south”

[AU72]

Peru, as opposed to getting in Ecuador or Bolivia?

Or is that 2 more studies?

[Jim Robinson]

Well, duh. Same place they get aids.

[Fedupwithit]

Anal sex

Now give me half a million...

[Vigilanteman]

Short answer:

Because they can't keep their pants zipped. Next question . . .

[TheThirdRuffian]

I’m thinking they get syphilis because they have a lot of gay sodomy and sodomy is very unhealthy, but that’s just a wild guess.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Answer: Because they stick their penises into people who have syphilis or they let others with syphilis stick their penises into them.

Okay, where is my $464,272.00 check?

[martinidon]

Lets see, give me $100K and I will give you the answer.

[PoloSec]

"The incidence of syphilis in MSM in Peru is about 9 cases per 100 person-years"

Why...because the MSM (mainstreammedia) is full of perverts!

[Stosh]

Barney Frank retired to Peru?

[SkyPilot]

Answer: Because they stick their penises into people who have syphilis or they let others with syphilis stick their penises into them.

'Call Eric Holder, tell him we have another one to indict.'

[Billthedrill]

Huh. Male prostitutes and sexually transmitted diseases. I wonder if there might be a connection there...

[morphing libertarian]

just tell them to stay out of peru

[Starstruck]

When I was in the service in the 60’s they told us if we had sex with a women with syphilis we had a chance of getting it ourselves. Nothing was said about men. However if I were to connect the dots wouldn’t the answer be about the same? I’m not a doctor but I did drive by a Holiday Inn the other day.

[shankbear]

They gayboys dip their wicks where they don’t belong. Pack fudge...get a dose of syph.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Why did you screw him in Peru?

Because he told me he wanted to do it where it smells.

[WMarshal]

Putting Ds in As is a guaranteed recipe for an STD. My bill is 500k l, pay up!