‘Not a simple answer’ for desert’s syphilis problem

Blue Pages dot com ^ | 10/03/04 | By Brian Joseph

[granite]

This story should come out of the closet.

[Izzy Dunne]

Palm Springs alone has a syphilis rate of 81.8 per 100,000 people in 2003, twice the rate of the nation’s No. 1 city for syphilis, San Francisco.

Can somebody 'splain that to me?
How can S.F be #1, if P.S has twice the rate?

[RtWngr]

I disagree with the title. There is a simple explanation. Don't stick your d**k where it doesn't belong.

[joesnuffy]

When not even 29 Palms is enough....think of the dire consequences of that desert booty...

[Izzy Dunne]

I guess S.F. is #1 in absolute numbers, and P.S. is #1 in rate per 1000 people...

[Osage Orange]

Can somebody 'splain that to me? How can S.F be #1, if P.S has twice the rate?

Publik edumacated, nu meth?

[elizabetty]

Uh, don't have sex with people who have Syphilis?

[granite]

SF has a very large population and thus more total cases. PS has a higher rate but less total.

[steplock]

there is an extremely easy cure for syphillis -- unfortunately the left-wing radical pigs haven't the slightest idea what the meaning of the words:

MORALITY
HONOR
COMMITMENT

nor do they know the meaning of most of the words the majority of America lives by.

[Grampa Dave]

"The disease, health officials say, is being spread in the desert almost exclusively by gay men, many of whom are also HIV-positive.

Amazing how they like to hide this factoid about most of the inreases in syphilis.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Concur.

To stop VD transmission (All forms!) simply stop screwing around.

[BJungNan]

Bisexual men could eventually spread the disease to others, including wives or girlfriends. "I wouldn’t want the heterosexual community to feel like they’re not at risk, because this is going to spread to other communities," said Robin Johnson, assistant director of social services for the Desert AIDS Project, the lead agency on desert syphilis.

Gee, well thanks! So nice of you to warn us instead of actually doing something to stop it in your own community.

[Grampa Dave]

Gay frisco do to the Gays has the highest number of reported cases.

This area now has the highest % increase.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[granite]

ping

[Pinetop]

Agreed. For the past few years, the gay community has reverted to bathhouse sex--only now, they have huge resorts in Palm Springs, Mexico and San Diego and on cruise ships where they do drugs and anonymous sex. There are some AIDS activists who have railed against it, but it is a very profitable business as despite talk of gay marriage, this is what most gay men like to do.

[Michael.SF.]

Let's see, the city council makes a decision to actively court the gay community and then this happens and they wonder why?

[dirtboy]

The disease, health officials say, is being spread in the desert almost exclusively by gay men, many of whom are also HIV-positive.

Amazing, isn't it? Liberals berate us for smoking or being overweight. They say we are cutting our lifespans short and straining the health-care system, and call for cigarettes to be outlawed and fast food to be taxed - and both are vilified. Yet they turn around and not only celebrate the gay lifestyle, but demand that it be deemed a civil right - even though a gay lifestyle takes a good 20 years off the average gay male lifespan.

[proxy_user]

Don't kid yourself. The heterosexual men would like it too, but the women refuse to go along.

[Pinetop]

I think the SF ranking is by City and the Palm Springs ranking is by region--the Coachella Valley.