The Bay Area Reporter Online | STD rates continue <br>to climb in SF
Majority of which are due to gays. Gonna blame this on conservatives?
Majority of which are due to gays. Gonna blame this on conservatives?
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The Bay Area Reporter Online | STD rates continue <br>to climb in SF
Majority of which are due to gays. Gonna blame this on conservatives?
Notice you guys refuse to discuss the actual issue, that despite all of the sex education, besides all of the use condoms message, STD rates are increasing, you choose to attack me instead. Why do you want this news hidden so badly? Do you think it's good that people get STDs? why do you want people to not know this is happening?
So you think smokers should be left in peace to just do what they do, or wait, you liberals love protecting people from themselves, except if they are special privileged status group members. I forgot! So what if gays infect each other are much higher rates than the rest of the population, so long as smokers don't even have a place just for smokers to smoke at indoors like a bar, we are all safe!
Get a life you cockgurlging liberal nanny state fascist hypocrite.
Notice you guys refuse to dares the issue and all you can do is accuse the messenger of being gay like it's an insult
San Francisco saw increased cases of sexually transmitted diseases for the eighth consecutive year in 2013.
According to preliminary numbers from the city's public health department, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and early syphilis continued their upward climb last year.
"Clearly, we are concerned there continues to be increases," said Deputy Health Officer Dr. Susan Philip, the director of disease prevention and control in the health department's population health division. "We believe the public needs to be aware of that."
Overall reported chlamydia increased from 4,874 in 2012 to 5,089 cases in 2013, a 4.4 percent year-over-year increase. Male rectal chlamydia also increased in 2013 from 1,081 to 1,167 cases for an 8 percent annual increase from 2012...
...After declines in early syphilis seen in 2008, early syphilis continues to increase. In 2013, reported early syphilis increased by 13.9 percent from 890 cases in 2012 to 1,014.
"I don't know if this is a new normal. I am not sure we are going to expect rates are going to continue to increase," said Philip.
The health department is committed to working "diligently" and partnering with the community to decrease the rates, added Philip, though she acknowledged it is an uphill fight.
"There is no silver bullet for this," said Philip. "Until we get vaccines for these STDs, we are not going to have an easy fix."
The final 2013 numbers won't be known until later this year, although the majority of STD cases remain among men who have sex with men, said Philip. The Bay Area Reporter Online | STD rates continue <br>to climb in SF