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.
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I don’t believe those numbers.
Holy moly. I had no idea the numbers were so large. *spooky*
This number seems unbelievably high. It appears the article is counting CASES of STD’s, which means that one person could be infected with more than one case of STDs. Amirite?
I give this statement Twelve Pinocchios
Ew. Thanks, “sexual revolution”. It will continue to increase as we allow PP into Public Schools and Girl Scout meetings.
Ubrite!
They got a bug up their .....
I don’t either. They’re taking a little pool and projecting. Let’s see...what are they selling?? A vaccine perhaps?? They want both boys and girls to get “protected”.
So, your belief trumps someone else's facts? Prove your claimed knowledge by posting the correct numbers.
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.
Charlotte County is 6.1% black, Gadsden County is 55.4%.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12000.html
well lots of people must keep getting them again and again. I’ve never had any. Will not ever get any, at least not through sex.
i’ve heard the stat one in five adults has herpes.
So the real threat to the USA just might really be the proliferation of skanks across the Fruited Plain.
Remind me to keep away from those people.
The estimated rate of new HIV infections for African American women was 20 times that of white women
Geez, wonder how that happens? Maybe because babydaddy on the downlow while in the joint?
Start first with the Villages in Florida and their STD rates then follow up with the political makeup of that community.......you just may be surprised.
The Villages is an unusual place.
I suspect 2014 numbers will be kept a secret because the agenda is more important than the truth. It won’t be long before a significant number of people will be exposed.
Children, do not date. The age for that is over.
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