Rare STD Turns Up in San Francisco, Prompts Warning (Happy Holidays)

kfwb ^ | 12/21/04 | various

[BurbankKarl]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) 12.21.04, 1:45p -- A rare but serious sexually transmitted disease has turned up in a few patients in San Francisco, prompting health officials to issue a public warning.

The disease is a form of chlamydia, a common sexually transmitted infection. But this particular disease can cause scarring of the genitals and colon and cause lymph glands near the groin to swell or burst.

While the illness is rarely seen outside of poor, tropical nations, it has recently turned up in the Netherlands.

Doctors in Rotterdam reported 92 cases among gay men there during a 17 month period ending in September. A few cases have also been reported in Belgium, France, Sweden and Atlanta.

Four patients, all gay men, have been treated for the disease in San Francisco so far.

[BykrBayb]

Why are you warning us? This should be posted at DU. Immediately!

[vetvetdoug]

Gay lifestyle=unnatural disease amplifiers.

[TommyDale]

How long before the homosexual community starts demanding funding to stop this disease? How long before they start spreading it to other segments of society?

[2banana]

How come all these strange and dangerous diseases only strike gay men? After all, it is just another natural and normal lifestyle...

[af_vet_1981]

Why are you warning us? This should be posted at DU. Immediately!

ROFL

[AD from SpringBay]

The birth of a new democratic constituency? From the child-sex shops of the 3rd world, via Europe, straight to San Fran - and it's not even their fault - that's how it will play out, right before the call for more federal dollars to help with programs for it.

[arizonarachel]

Four patients, all gay men, have been treated for the disease in San Francisco so far. I am shocked.

[squirt-gun]

Doctors in Rotterdam reported 92 cases among gay men there during a 17 month period ending in September. A few cases have also been reported in Belgium, France, Sweden and Atlanta.

One of the benefits of being "gay" in America is that all taxpayers must pay their medical expenses even though their abhorrent behavior is approved by government and the horrendous health risks from sodomy well documented.

[Seeking the truth]

And Bush, like Reagan before him, is doing nothing about this! < /sarcasm>

[ladyjane]

It causes lymph nodes in the groin to burst?!! Yuck. Only in San Francisco!

so far

coming to a city near you

[bluebunny]

I think one of these days these viruses and diseases that plague gays is going to mutate. Instead of being confined to sexual means of transmission, the disease will mutate into a respiratory transmission. You know what that means. CATASTROPHE!

[Frank_2001]

Must be tough for them to wear those tight leather pants;)

[RebelBanker]

Is this in any way related to this thread?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1306804/posts

[Blood of Tyrants]

Couldn't happen to a more perverted group of people.

[expatpat]

Another bug for the death-wish fudge-packers to chase.

[Young Werther]

Homosexulaity is a choice. However, there are consequences!

Kinda like being a Demoncrap!

[aShepard]

Gee! I hope that "Brownie" the gerbil can't catch this. PETA would be really pissed!

[BykrBayb]

Do you suppose that troll had it, and was trying to spread it here? Good thing Zots are a cure-all.