Reminds me of Monty Python’s Medical Love Song.
I hate to say it, but celibacy has never been widely practiced and probably never will be.
STDs would not have evolved without the human behavior that facilitates their spread.
That said, people should make some effort to protect themselves against those diseases. Clearly, those tweeters are not concerned right now whether they get those diseases, because they believe that they can be cured with a round of antibiotics or antivirals.
But antibiotic resistant bacteria are spreading. And some of those bacteria are very adept at evading the immune system, so that once you get them, if you cannot eradicate them with antibiotics, you are stuck with the infection forever. Gonorrhea can cause sterility, and can have devastating effect if passed to a newborn during the birth process. (It is for this reason that newborn infants are always presented to their mothers with puffy eyes—that’s from the eye ointment used to prevent ophthalmic gonorrhea.) Syphilis eventually affects the brain and skeletal system. Etc.
And antivirals do not actually get rid of viruses. The viruses hide inside cells, often out of sight of the immune system and out of reach of antivirals. The best an antiviral can do is mitigate symptoms while the immune system controls the active infection. Some viruses, like the papilloma that causes many cancers, actually insert their DNA into the human DNA, thus becoming a permanent part of cells.
Sure, they can brag about getting STDs, and maybe they think it decreases the stigma of getting those diseases. But it would be better to brag about being careful and avoiding those diseases in the first place.
The STD rates among young people are horrible; my wife used to work with one who felt she had no obligation to warn partners about her herpes because at some point some guy hadn’t warned her. Very creepy; makes it much easier to avoid straying...
For those that never read the article...
The whole take-away point is....
“much like John Kasich, herpes never goes away.”
Sigh. It's so important to place one's adverbial phrases carefully.
#badgrrlmeat
With that picture above? Hurlllll
Guy de Maupassant tells of a woman who was raped by the Prussians, then proceeded to tell her pre-war French lover that she kill more Prussians with Syphilis than he he did in the war, as she slowly died of the disease.
People are so freaking stupid.
The anal and penile papilloma virus explosion coincides with the homosexual movement. This cancer virus is insidious as it can go dormant and reemerge later in life for those that have rid themselves of the papillomas. I don’t see it listed as a major STD but it has taken a significant toll.
Not a 'yes,' but I bet it's a real strong 'probably.'