Syphilis increase sparks AIDS concerns

UPI ^ | Nov 20, 2003 | Steve Mitchell

[neverdem]

FWIW, stupid is as stupid does.

[scripter]

Ping.

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[ysoitanly]

Move to Massachusetts, get married, I'm sure EVERYONE will be faithful, and voila! No more AIDS. GET REAL.

[xrp]

I'm not worried about this at all because I lift weights.

[montomike]

Was riding my bike through San Onofre State Park and noticed a bunch of signs that said, "Syphillis is here, get yourself tested!", then I realized that the south end of the park is notorious for people of the other pursuasion hanging out and hoping to get lucky.

I cycled a whole lot faster!

[scripter]

The syphilis rise and potential increases in AIDS cases will cause untold increases in lost wages, healthcare costs and human suffering, Feldman said. All of this easily could "be ameliorated with additional money abstinence," he said.

Yeah, more money. Not. There's a cure for AIDS. Works each and every time.

[Kozak]

Information on sexual orientation is often not collected by health departments

Then they ain't doing their job. The point of making Syphilis a reportable disease is to do contact tracing. How the hell do they do contact tracing if they don't know the orientation of the infected individual? Or to they refuse to "assume" orientation when given a list of same sex partners. Would that be the dreaded "profiling"?

[ysoitanly]

Your tagline kills me. Time soon to update to 'Michael Jackson', though. ;)

[scripter]

The administration also requested decreasing the CDC's budget for prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, which already barely registers at a scant $168 million for the entire country for 2003.

A 13-year-old article that's still very relevant: Are We Spending Too Much on AIDS?

[Bogey78O]

What will the gov't do to stop people from having risky sex? /sarcasm

[concerned about politics]

I heard this reported on FOX.
The homosexuals and their diseases just keep on giving. They're a serious health hazard. My guess is America is finally catching on. It's about time!
First AIDS, the homosexual pedophile priests blacken the Catholics, the queer Bishop blackens the Episcapalians, outrage against homosexuals wanting to "get married", then Michael the kiddy homo gets busted, now they're passing around Syphilis (Romans 1 re-run?).
At least the crud is comming to the surface. People need to hear it.

[ppaul]

THE AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST RATES OF SYPHILLIS ARE IN BLUE...

[scripter]

Related articles:

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Sodomy: A Public Health Risk
Researcher Warns of Homosexuals Seeking HIV Infection
The men who long to be HIV+
Acting Up

[concerned about politics]

Heightening concern further is the fact that syphilis increases the risk of HIV transmission by two to five times, because the genital sores caused by syphilis serve as portals of entry for the AIDS virus

Oh puke!

[scripter]

Just waitin' for that one pic of yours... :-)

[xrp]

I will have to Peterson/Jackson combo it as Greta covered both last night. No-talent Hannity and under-utilized Colmes last night, however, donated their entire show to giving Michael Jackson free publicity.

[xrp]

I will have to Peterson/Jackson combo it as Greta covered both last night. No-talent Hannity and under-utilized Colmes last night, however, donated their entire show to giving Michael Jackson free publicity.

[neverdem]

Thanks for all the links.

[scripter]

The syphilis rise and potential increases in AIDS cases will cause untold increases in ... healthcare costs

Just what we need. Yep, just keep encouraging folks to live that lifestyle... Sigh.

[ThirstyMan]

Blank noted when her department interviewed a number of gay and bisexual men in 2002 about their sexual habits, it found recruiting sexual partners over the Internet was a common practice, including among those infected with syphilis.

Something is really wrong with anyone who would behave in this manner....soliciting sexual partners over the internet?
Duh!!! these guys really have a very sick death wish.