[GOPJ]

Public health officials attribute the disparities to socioeconomic and cultural factors, including lower access to regular healthcare and distrust of the healthcare system.

Yep, a person gets venereal diseases by not going to the doctor - has nothing to do with sexual promiscuity.

[newgeezer]

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.

[DungeonMaster]

Yep, a person gets venereal diseases by not going to the doctor - has nothing to do with sexual promiscuity.

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.