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‘Concerning’ strain of gonorrhea detected in Massachusetts, officials say
ktla ^ | 01/19/2023 | Ashley Shook, Jeremy Tanner

Posted on 01/19/2023 5:02:18 PM PST by BenLurkin

The strain was found to resist five classes of antibiotics, a first in the U.S., according to the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health (DPH).

The two cases were ultimately cured with ceftriaxone, the lone remaining treatment recommended for gonorrhea. As of Thursday, officials said there was no known connection between the cases and that contact tracing was underway to see if there were any other infections.

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The novel strain has been seen in Asia-Pacific countries as well as the United Kingdom, but not in the U.S., according to the DPH. One case in Nevada had an infection that shared a genetic marker with the novel strain, but the disease proved sensitive to at least one class of antibiotics.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: assachusetts; gonorrhea; massachusetts; promiscuity; provincetown
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To: Celerity

Drip. Drip drip


21 posted on 01/19/2023 5:56:31 PM PST by 5inch38gunner
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To: BenLurkin

NO! I refuse to wear a mask down there!


22 posted on 01/19/2023 6:16:03 PM PST by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: BenLurkin

23 posted on 01/19/2023 6:17:57 PM PST by Kenny Bania (Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

🤣🤣 LOL I never heard that one before.


24 posted on 01/19/2023 6:26:57 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: markman46

It’s from the Frank Zappa album Joe’s Garage.


25 posted on 01/19/2023 6:33:37 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Recently my prnchant for silly songs had me write one for the ladies...

I can pee clearly now my UTI is gone
I see no blood in the can today
I can pee clearly now the pain is gone
It’s gonna be bright, bright white pants today


26 posted on 01/19/2023 6:36:27 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Rurudyne

LOL

Record it. You’ll make a fortune.


27 posted on 01/19/2023 6:38:57 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: gitmo

Need a gal to sing it.

What’s funny is in the origional video for the song he’s riding around on a white horse.


28 posted on 01/19/2023 6:40:32 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: 5inch38gunner
Drip. Drip drip


29 posted on 01/19/2023 6:42:04 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: EEGator

Yeah, but sometimes there’s nothing you can do, you can just get it from a toilet seat.


30 posted on 01/19/2023 6:45:36 PM PST by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

“Got it from the toilet seat”

Shit. I just set this joke up. Shoulda read down further.

“My balls feel like a pair of maracas”

X...D


31 posted on 01/19/2023 6:48:00 PM PST by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: BenLurkin

Is it really a newer, more virulent strain, or does it just appear that way because people’s immune systems have been so compromised by the vaxes, that they are incapable of dealing with it, so the disease is now manifesting as it did when it was first new in the population, until natural, herd immunity helped decrease it’s virulence in people?


32 posted on 01/19/2023 6:49:44 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: metmom

I have wondered that.. I have seen two people in the past month (my hairdresser and the billing person at my PT) who have the worst “cold sore” outbreak I have ever seen. They are both vaxxed for sure. The billing lady, it has spread from her lip halfway down her jaw, and the hairdresser, her entire upper lip was one big sore. 😬. She said it was the worst she’d ever had and doesn’t want to go away. Both are for sure vaxxed.

The hairdresser says she won’t get another shot. She said that she has one health issue after another, it is non stop.


33 posted on 01/19/2023 6:58:05 PM PST by LilFarmer
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To: metmom

That’s what I was wondering. Is the vax making us more susceptible to other things.


34 posted on 01/19/2023 7:00:06 PM PST by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: Celerity

Provincetown fits the bill too.


35 posted on 01/19/2023 7:11:56 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Celerity

Lowell?

I was thinking more of Hyannisport.


36 posted on 01/19/2023 8:18:50 PM PST by Laslo Fripp (Does anybody proofread anymore?)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Thanks I’ll look it up


37 posted on 01/19/2023 8:27:12 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: BenLurkin

“The novel strain has been seen in Asia-Pacific countries...”

Let me guess, the first case was a mile away from a Western-Built, Level-4 research facility in Wuhan, China.


38 posted on 01/20/2023 1:21:37 AM PST by BobL
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To: BenLurkin

So there are strains of gonorrhea that ‘aren’t’ concerning?

Pretty sure that if you’ve got the clap... It’s concerning no matter what the strain is.


39 posted on 01/20/2023 1:31:10 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: metmom

—”Is it really a newer, more virulent strain, or “

NOT NEW!

Back in RVN, everyone was aware of the BLACK SYPHILIS !!!

No known cure and they sent you to a very special island...

This is exactly the same, only different.

And they are going to need a much bigger island.


40 posted on 01/20/2023 7:39:03 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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