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Toronto syphilis rates soar 800 percent
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| February 16, 2004
| Staff
Posted on 02/16/2004 12:02:53 PM PST by Loyalist
The rate of syphilis infection has soared 800 percent in the past two years, prompting Toronto health officials to call for education and prevention funding.
Nearly 280 Torontonians tested positive for syphilis in 2003, up nearly 45 percent from 195 in 2002, the Toronto Sun said Monday, quoting a report to be presented next week to Toronto's health board. Those numbers are up from just 30 cases a year from 1997-2001.
Nearly three-quarters of the cases were among men who have gay, unprotected sex, the report said.
The city tried to fight the rise last spring with a month-long poster campaign. The 1970s-themed ads featured attractive men in disco gear with the slogan Look what's back.
Toronto's Hassle-Free Sexually Transmitted Disease clinic reported the campaign spurred more people to get tested -- nearly 3,400 people in 2003, compared to 250 the year before.
While alarming in the city, the figures are largely representative of a trend across North America and Europe, the newspaper said.
Untreated with antibiotics, syphilis can lead to blindness, insanity and death.
TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: aids; blindness; canada; condoms; epidemic; gaygenda; grids; hedonists; hiv; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; insanity; libertines; prisoners; publichealth; sexuallytransmitted; syphilis; toronto; unprotectedsex; vd
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But, but, they said they're normal, happy, healthy folks, just like you and me!
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:02:54 PM PST
by
Loyalist
To: Loyalist
Sars made them drop their guard and stay indoors...
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:04:36 PM PST
by
Bogey78O
(Why are we even having this debate?)
To: Loyalist
If they could only get married, these things wouldn't happen...
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:07:49 PM PST
by
2banana
To: Loyalist
Dont do the crime if you cant do the time. In this case, if you play, expect to pay.
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:08:21 PM PST
by
cynicom
To: Loyalist
Looks like the hidden story here is that Toronto has the AIDS epidemic licked...so to speak.
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:12:12 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: Loyalist
"The city tried to fight the rise last spring with a month-long poster campaign."
OOOO...Posters. I guess those few folk missed the posters. Wonder how many millions they are going to want to combat this scourge among the 280 victims who can't keep their swizzles clean?
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:12:25 PM PST
by
Adder
To: Loyalist
Toronto's Hassle-Free Sexually Transmitted Disease clinic reported the campaign spurred more people to get tested -- nearly 3,400 people in 2003, compared to 250 the year before.
Well of course your infection rates are going to soar 800% when you have a 1360% percent increase in people getting tested.
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:14:47 PM PST
by
Quick1
To: Loyalist
"Nearly three-quarters of the cases were among men who have gay, unprotected sex, the report said."
This is the country that recognized gay marriages recently. Enough said!
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:15:34 PM PST
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: Loyalist
Where's Triumph the Comic Insult Dog when you need him??
Apparently, he was telling the truth the other night!
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:18:04 PM PST
by
Bambino
To: Loyalist
Uh oh... looks like somebody's moral superiority is slipping...
10
posted on
02/16/2004 12:20:43 PM PST
by
Kenton
("Life is tough, and it's really tough when you're stupid" - Damon Runyon)
To: little jeremiah; scripter
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:23:04 PM PST
by
EdReform
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To: Loyalist
The rate of syphilis infection has soared 800 percent in the past two years, prompting Toronto health officials to call for education and prevention funding. They'll be passing out condoms in the schools?
To: Loyalist
Oh? Was Bill Clinton visiting recently?
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:24:42 PM PST
by
theDentist
(Boston: So much Liberty, you can buy a Politician already owned by someone else.)
To: Loyalist
Looks like condom week wasn't the success they wanted it to be.
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:24:56 PM PST
by
cyborg
To: Loyalist
Just like here, everyone else foots the bill for the carefree "open" lifestyle of others..
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:25:42 PM PST
by
Havoc
("Alright; but, that only counts as one..")
To: Loyalist
Sow immorality, reap disease and chaos. Who couldn't have predicted it? Hello iceburg tip.
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:27:01 PM PST
by
King Black Robe
(With freedom of religion and speech now abridged, it is time to go after the press.)
To: Loyalist
Hey, just fairies spreading a little love!!
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:27:46 PM PST
by
Tacis
To: <1/1,000,000th%
I betcha I can save 'em some money. All I'd hafta do is stand outside with a bullhorn and yell "QUIT BUTTF******!"
Reasonable rates.
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:27:46 PM PST
by
TheBigB
(THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS!! 21-1 and headed toward the National Championship!!)
To: Loyalist
Those things are not patches you dumbass Canuckleheads. You see, what you do is you open that package and inside you'll find this thing that.....ah, forget it.....
To: Loyalist
Nearly three-quarters of the cases were among men who have gay, unprotected sex, the report said. Perhaps encouraging the homosexual lifestyle and homosexual marriage isn't really a good idea.
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posted on
02/16/2004 12:35:06 PM PST
by
scripter
(Thousands have left the homosexual lifestyle)
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