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Hillary Clinton just slammed the stigma surrounding sexually transmitted infections
Washington Post ^ | September 7, 2016 | Danielle Paquette

Posted on 09/15/2016 1:41:18 AM PDT by Pinkbell

Ella Dawson expected to find a Netflix bill in her Brooklyn mailbox. She discovered instead a letter from Hillary Clinton. The 24-year-old blogger, who writes often about living with genital herpes, figured it was a standard campaign mailer. She once donated $50 to Clinton.

She tore open the envelope. She froze. Did the Democratic presidential candidate, one of the most famous figures on the planet, just thank her for talking about sexually transmitted infections on the Internet?

“I am so grateful to you for not only speaking out against the stigma,” Clinton wrote, “but for also taking a courageous stand against the ridiculous, but very real, barrage of hate you received online.”

Dawson shared a photo of the letter Tuesday with her 7,600 Twitter followers:

Thank you, @HillaryClinton, for reading. I'm incredibly moved. To be accurate, I'm ugly crying. #ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/kt5tAVWrFX

Messages poured in:

Thank you for standing up.

I'm sorry you have had to suffer harassment, Ella, but thank you for fighting.

#UglyCrying too!! There are so many of these personal stories out there!

Politics aside, Dawson hopes the high-profile recognition will help change the way people talk about herpes — a condition she says is misunderstood and common. Two out of three people under the age of 50 have Herpes Simplex Virus 1, which can cause oral and genital sores, according to a January report by the World Health Organization.

That amounts to roughly 3.7 billion people with an incurable virus. Doctors say the majority never see an outbreak.

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Dawson’s diagnosis came days before she turned 21, she told The Post, and the news left her confused. She said she used condoms, but didn’t know herpes spreads through skin-to-skin contact and latex doesn’t always stop it. She feared she could never enjoy intimate relationships again.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillary; moralabsolutes
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To: IncPen

LOL!


21 posted on 09/15/2016 4:39:01 AM PDT by Flick Lives (TRIGGER WARNING - Posts may require application of sarcasm filter)
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To: Pinkbell

I’m trying to figure out whether she is happy to have Clinton share her embarrassment at sharing such private, personal information; or whether she is finally realizing that she is defined by sharing a bit too much personal information on the internet. And, is this Clinton desperately trolling for votes from promiscuous women?


22 posted on 09/15/2016 4:41:18 AM PDT by Reno89519 (It is very simple, Trump/Pence or Clinton/Kaine. Good riddance Lyn' Ted, we regret ever knowing you)
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To: Tax-chick
I expect that in the specific case of Netflix, paper billing is nearly nonexistent.

You're right.

https://help.netflix.com/en/node/41049

My favorite FAQ was this one:

Can I pay for Netflix with cash?

Yes. You can purchase a Netflix Gift Card with cash at a retailer near you.
23 posted on 09/15/2016 4:44:33 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Pinkbell
Thank you, @HillaryClinton, for reading. I'm incredibly moved.

North Korea envies this kind of sycophancy.

To be accurate, I'm ugly crying.

Fixed it for her.

24 posted on 09/15/2016 4:51:09 AM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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To: Pinkbell

So why doesn’t she get Bill to come forward and laud his diseases? God knows, most days, he looks like the Emperor Tiberius on the isle of Capri.


25 posted on 09/15/2016 4:54:28 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: Pinkbell
Hillary Clinton just slammed the stigma surrounding sexually transmitted infections

Never mind the fact that there's a good reason for that stigma. I'm sorry for the unfortunate woman. She's got to live with something she probably had no clue she was catching at the time whatever the means of transmission. That is a different discussion altogether.

However no one wants to be exposed to this stuff, period. Incurable? In a world of obamacare? I guess the left should just "embrace the suck".

26 posted on 09/15/2016 4:57:54 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Byron_the_Aussie

I read her blog. It’s vomit inducing. It’s “all about me, I’m a drama queen, I’m skanky and I like it, I have an STD and I’m proud of it, and there’s something wrong with you if you don’t want to risk catching herpes from me”.


27 posted on 09/15/2016 4:59:28 AM PDT by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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To: Pinkbell

I find it amusing that she thinks Hillary Clinton actually wrote that. No way the high and mighty knows about her, cares about her, or has even seen her web page.


28 posted on 09/15/2016 5:20:43 AM PDT by walkingdead (It's easy, you just don't lead 'em as much....)
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To: R. Scott

She would have to have had physical contact with him for that to have happened. Can you imagine her reaction if he started smooching on her?


29 posted on 09/15/2016 5:26:50 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: Death, destruction, terrorism and weakness.)
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To: Pinkbell
So THIS is what the WaPo thinks is newsworthy during the 2016 campaign?


30 posted on 09/15/2016 5:31:52 AM PDT by Gamecock (Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
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To: R. Scott

No, Anthony, by way of Huma. Or else Bin Laden.


31 posted on 09/15/2016 5:49:51 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Stop the Left and save the world.)
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To: Pinkbell

Yes, by all means, we should be PROUD of having VD!

“Clap” If You Have Gonnorhea!
Just Say Yes To Crotch Cancer!
Kiss Me: I Have Syphilis.
No More “Cold Sore!”
Chlamydia, Chlamydia, have you caught Chlamydia?


32 posted on 09/15/2016 6:04:03 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: Campion

well she does say

“She feared she could never enjoy intimate relationships again.”


33 posted on 09/15/2016 6:12:42 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Pinkbell

That sinks it.

She doesn’t have Parkinson’s. She has AIDS.


34 posted on 09/15/2016 6:21:29 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: Campion

I just scanned her blog, and agree.

I don’t think she’s all there. But then again that’s a sure sign she’s a lib.


35 posted on 09/15/2016 6:22:32 AM PDT by redfreedom
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To: Tax-chick

How often does ANYONE under 30 even write a check anymore?

Just another fake article from a fake journalist propping up a fake candidate.


36 posted on 09/15/2016 6:28:17 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Pinkbell

Is this a hint that she has herpes of the throat.


37 posted on 09/15/2016 6:29:50 AM PDT by jetson
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To: Byron_the_Aussie

The girl is an ignoramus....calling HSV 1 an STD is ridiculous. HSV 1 is a cold sore virus and is most typically spread by sneezing, sharing cups, and kisses (as in grandma kissing a baby). Unlike HSV 2, it isn’t transmitted primarily by sexual intercourse. Non-STD herpes viruses include the viruses for chicken pox and shingles. BTW, I’ve seen estimates that up to 90% of us were exposed to HSV 1 by about age 6. In any event, I think the inclusion of HSV 1 is intended to “shame” people without STDs into “accepting” real STDs as “normal” and not “stigma worthy”.

“HSV-1 is the more prevalent virus, with 65% of persons in the United States having antibodies to HSV-1 (Xu et al., 2002). The epidemiology in Europe is similar, with at least half of the population seropositive for HSV-1. In the developing world, HSV-1 is almost universal, and usually acquired from intimate contact with family in early childhood (Whitley et al., 1998). After childhood, the HSV-1 prevalence rates increase minimally with age.”


38 posted on 09/15/2016 6:35:27 AM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: texas booster

Four of my children have checking accounts, and I don’t think any of them knows where the checks are.


39 posted on 09/15/2016 6:39:17 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Talk less. Smile more.)
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To: Pinkbell

Well, looks like the Donald just lost the votes of the skanky bee-otches with VD.


40 posted on 09/15/2016 6:41:27 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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