Posted on 01/14/2009 7:45:10 AM PST by Zakeet
Chlamydia infections now top 1.1 million, more than ever recorded. Syphilis cases are up for the 7th year in a row. And gonorrhea is not declining as hoped.
Rates of the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia are climbing in the U.S., and rates of syphilis -- once on the verge of elimination -- rose for the seventh consecutive year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday in its annual report on STDs.
Gonorrhea rates did not increase, but they ceased falling a few years ago, frustrating goals set by public health leaders.
Chlamydia infections in the United States now top 1.1 million, the most since record-keeping for the disease began and the most for any STD that doctors are required to report, according to 2007 data, the latest available.
Cases of gonorrhea, which peaked in the 1970s at about 1 million and then dropped for years, remain flat at 355,991, according to the CDC report. The disease is the second-most common STD for which data are collected by law.
Women bear the brunt of both chlamydia and gonorrhea, especially their long-term consequences, CDC officials said.
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As in previous years, chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis continued to disproportionately affect African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Latinos.
Public health officials attribute the disparities to socioeconomic and cultural factors, including lower access to regular healthcare and distrust of the healthcare system.
Los Angeles County launched a series of public health campaigns in mid-2007 that target young African American women and Latinas as well as gay and bisexual men. The Los Angeles area had the most cases of chlamydia of any metropolitan area in the country -- 440,030 in 2007 -- and the second-highest number of gonorrhea and syphilis cases.
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You’ll notice that libs don’t support any individual freedom choices except those that involve sexual behavior.
In which case, they do all they can to use the government to alleve any of the natural consequences (at others’ expense) of those choices.
Thus, I’ve stated my two undeniable truths of liberalism, though in reverse order.
The 1 in 4 statistic I seem to remember is that 1 in 4 people have herpes, which is not necessarily an STD as it would include oral herpes or “fever sores.” Not sure if this is true or not, just something I’ve heard here and there.
Sexually transmitted diseases are obviously racist and homophobic and should be charged with hate crimes.
No, STD's discrimnate against other cultures.
My money's on "cultural factors" but, the ones cited aren't the ones I had in mind.
My money's on "cultural factors" but, the ones cited aren't the ones I had in mind.
I thought that answer was a complete joke. It's a very good example of Obama speak though. I was hoping for some takes on both socioeconomic and cultural factors.
Yep, a person gets venereal diseases by not going to the doctor - has nothing to do with sexual promiscuity.
Well, although these so-called health officials are clearly tiptoeing around the root cause, it's probably true that—for whatever "socioeconomic" or "cultural" reasons—a fair number of those infected with STDs don't go in for treatment. So, instead of stopping long enough to get a cure, they go on their merry way, trading STDs with more partners.
I'd sure like to hear more details about this culture of promiscuity thing. I'd like to hear the media struggle to spin it in such a way as to avoid embarrassment for any "cultures". Then once more from the top without the spin.
The 1 in 4 statistic I seem to remember is that 1 in 4 people have herpes, which is not necessarily an STD as it would include oral herpes or “fever sores.”Both types of herpes can be spread by kissing.
Because those diseases are racist.
The schoolbus seat one isn’t a lie though. LOL
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