Posted on 09/20/2023 1:14:52 PM PDT by DallasBiff
The state of Mississippi saw cases of congenital syphilis rise 11-fold between 2016 and 2022, a new study by University of Mississippi Medical Center researchers shows, contributing to an already high rate of infant illness and death in the state amid a dire rise in cases of the deadly disease that has echoed across the nation in recent years
Researchers said the dramatic increase in the condition highlights the link between health, poverty and institutional racism in "fueling transmission of severe but preventable infections.”
More than 70% of the babies hospitalized with congenital syphilis were African-American, though the number of white babies born with the disease increased 2,600% in the time studied, compared to a 1,029% increase among Black ch
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“...cases in Minnesota increased 42% in 2022...”
I don’t have it ye...
Wait, never mind.
Don’t forget the white hispanics.
wonder how those babies got it
My ingrown toenail was caused by institutional racism. No really!
Mississippi needs to implement two weeks to flatten the curve.
What it shows is the redult of promiscuity
Meanwhile, though the article of here states:
highlights the link between health, poverty and institutional racism in "fueling transmission of severe but preventable infections.” More than 70% of the babies hospitalized with congenital syphilis were African-American,Yet,
Asian female adults and adolescents had the largest percentage (93%) of diagnoses of HIV infection attributed to heterosexual contact, followed by Black/African American (91%), and Hispanic/Latino (87%) female adults and adolescents. In 2019, Black/African American children made up approximately 14% of the population of children but accounted for 57% of diagnoses of HIV infection among children. (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/reports/hiv-surveillance/vol-32/content/special-focus-profiles.html)
Black/African American persons, males accounted for 76% of HIV infections, most of which (82%) were attributed to male-to-male sexual contact. (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-supplemental-report-vol-26-1.pdf, P. 6)
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