Posted on 12/04/2015 6:49:10 AM PST by C19fan
âIn the yere of Chryst 1493 or there aboute this most foule and most grievous disease beganne to sprede amonge the people,â a German scholar named Ulrich von Hutten wrote soon after the first known outbreak of syphilis swept across Europe.
In his book Guns, Germs, and Steel, the historian Jared Diamond elaborated: âIts pustules often covered the body from the head to the knees, caused flesh to fall off peopleâs faces, and led to death within a few months.â
Today, syphilis can seem like a historical relic, more likely to appear in period movies than in oneâs next-door neighbor. But after more than a decade of increases in syphilis cases, the United States is looking at its highest rate in recent memory.
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Your sarcasm is noted. I suggest that you do some research on the populations most affected by the current high VD infection rates.
I fuss at Lazmataz constantly about that smart alecky
remark that in all fairness, actually other people on FR
make about him. So far, I haven’t found where he actually
said those words himself; though he would if anyone caught
him in the wrong mood. - I agree that he needs to behave
himself!! I HOLLER AND NAG AT HIM WHEN I CAN! I have my
hands full with old Fang (husband of 51 years). - It is
sad. :o(
I remember that movie. Can’t think of the name, except it was funny as hell!
In a media world where “Sex Sells” what else could you expect?
The actual populations are: Promiscuous people.
The desperate fantasy wish is: Homosexuals.
No doubt you can back up your claim with verifiable statistics.
I think that was “Shootout at the Not OK! Not OK, Man! Corral”
Just looked up the poster with the subtitle They were not forgotten by history; they were left out on purpose which popped back into my memory after all these years. Now, I know what I am going to be looking for on Netflix tomorrow night.
Naomi here inadvertently touches on where the disease is now coming from...but just can't bring herself to say it---through illegal immigration, just like TB and other previously stamped out bacterial diseases and viruses.
“The actual populations are: Promiscuous people.
The desperate fantasy wish is: Homosexuals.”
http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/std-trends-508.pdf
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