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VD for Valentine’s Day? In case you needed a reason to stay celibate this weekend, there’s a sexually transmitted fungus making the rounds and leaving its mark. Experts say the public should be aware of the nation’s “largest known outbreak” of Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII. Known as TMVII, the nasty business is the only known fungal-based sexually transmitted infection. Cases of TMVII have been on the rise in Europe for the past several years, especially among men who have sex with men. In 2024, an NYC man became the first reported US case of TMVII, and it seems the icky...

Recent contributions to America by the moonbattery-addled Minneapolis area include the George Floyd riots, the politically motivated railroading of innocent police officers, Somali colonization, multi-$billion welfare fraud, the anti-ICE campaign to disable our defense from foreign invasion, the escalation of liberal “journalism” to an attack on a church during service, and Ilhan Omar. Let’s see what it has for us now. Via Bring Me the News: The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) says there are currently 13 confirmed cases of TMVII, and 27 suspected cases, all within the Twin Cities metro area. The disease was first detected in the state...