Posted on 10/07/2014 2:37:44 PM PDT by MNDude
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – While the national media focus on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the patient in Dallas, the CDC is reminding Americans that sexually transmitted diseases are an ongoing but hidden epidemic.
In the United States, nearly 20 million cases of new STD infections are reported each year, reports Live Science. Since infections can persist for a long time, and because some victims are not even aware they have a disease and can easily spread it to others.
Based on data from 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the eight most common sexually transmitted diseases are: chlamydia, gonorrhea, hepatitis B virus (HBV), genital herpes, HIV, human papillomavirus (HPV), syphilis and trichomoniasis.
About 50.5 million current infections are in men while 59.5 million are in women, for a total of 110 million Americans with STDs at any given time.
Fifty percent of new infections occur in young people from ages 15-24 and gonorrhea is the most commonly reported STD in that age group.
(Excerpt) Read more at atlanta.cbslocal.com ...
single women blacks people 24 and young homosexuals
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1/3 of the country suffers from STDs and we wonder why our leadership is OK with perversion.
Single women blacks people - UNITE! ;)
They took an “average sample” in San Francisco.
Either way, it’s pretty icky to realize how many diseased folk are roaming about freely. *SHUDDER*
And our current "leadership" wastes the bully pulpit on school lunches.
Thank you Planned Parenthood and SEICUS.
I guess it’s possible that approximately half the population of the U.S. has an STD. However, I think it’s more likely that fewer people have more than one STD, and they’re counting those people more than once.
That many STDs sure limits the dating pool for singles.
Guess we shouldn’t clap for them!
and 20% are under 15 years old, so the adult population is pretty close to 50%
You would think it would be all hands on deck fighting Ebola.
It’s “Free Love” but the antibiotics cost a little more.
“Guess we shouldn’t clap for them!”
You win the bad-pun-of-the-day award.
Well, that could easily explain why it burns swhen I urinate.
Wait, never mind...
If you’ve ever had a cold sore, count yourself as one.
One third of the population? Sounds like Climate Science or BLS quality statistics. Probably went to a couple of queer bars in SF, DC & NYC and extrapolated the results.
Here’s something I looked up on my own.
The county in Florida with the lowest rate of STD’s is Charlotte, just 27% voted for Obama in 2012.
The county in Florida with the highest rate of STD’s is Gadsen and 70% voted for Obama. Gadsen’s STD rate is 7 X that as it is in Charlotte.
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