There is now a gonorrhea superbug and we can't get rid of it

Sacramento Bee ^ | September 27, 2017 | BY JOSHUA TEHEE

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Here’s harrowing news for the sexually active: sexually transmitted diseases are getting out of control.

In its annual STD Surveillance Report, the Center for Disease Control saw a record increase in the number of infections of three sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S. -- chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.

Syphilis, in particular, is seeing massive outbreaks in places like Fresno, CA, where the disease was almost nonexistent six years ago, according to The Fresno Bee.

In July, the World Health Organization issued a warning about the global rise of drug-resistant gonorrhea.

That’s the one that produces a burning sensation and a white, yellow or green discharge in men. There were 470,000 gonorrhea cases reported in the U.S. last year, FYI.

Typically, the disease can be treated with one of several antibiotics, but the WHO is now seeing strains that have evolved to resist most commons antibiotics, NBC reports. A few are almost completely untreatable.

[Slyfox]

[Secret Agent Man]

Sex dolls are looking better every day.

[BenLurkin]

I remember those.

[Slyfox]

I hear syphilis is on the increase in senior apartment complexes.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

Waiter, there a spidee bug in my suit.

[Aevery_Freeman]

Gee...it's almost like we learned that indiscriminate fornication was bad for a society especially in orifices not specifically designed for that activity.

Who knew?

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[lacrew]

“...and we can’t get rid of it.”...I thought HRC wasn’t going to run again.

[fuzzylogic]

Then the gay community should be terrified, they provide the perfect petri-dish environment for new mutations. That’s how bacteria adapts, they constantly mutate but most will die from the same antibiotic, but even if immune, if they aren’t passed on they die. Eventually a mutation happens that current drugs can’t kill. When that happens AND it gets passed around it then becomes a problem.

...and in the gay community, the sheer number of partners they have, along with no protection creates this situation. Of course, then bisexuals pass it on to the hetero population.

It’s just science and statistics, not hate.

[Paradox]

Here’s harrowing news for the sexually active:

I am sexually active, and this news doesn't bother me at all. OH, wait, I am married and only have one sex partner. So its not the sexually active that need be worried, its the sexually indiscriminate. The sexually promiscuous are the ones who need to worry. Why mince words?

[Tax-chick]

Why mince words?

It is judgmental to observe that some behaviors have negative natural consequences.

[Jeff Chandler]

The sexual revolution ended with a complete victory for viruses
-P.J. O’Rourke

[GBA]

“...and to smite the earth with any plague, as often as they desire.”

[tbw2]

Sexual morality is what protects you from uncurable STDs.

[NorthMountain]

...and in the gay community, the sheer number of partners they have, along with no protection and gross misuse of the anus and large intestine ...

[DigitalVideoDude]

“Why does it hurt when I pee?”

[Pollster1]

It’s too bad there is no way to avoid getting STDs.

[bagster]

sexually transmitted diseases are getting out of control.

Thanks, Obama.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

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WHO is now seeing strains (global rise of drug-resistant gonorrhea) that have evolved to resist most commons antibiotics, NBC reports.
A few are almost completely untreatable.

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