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Nomen Nescio
May 23, 2019, 9:51:45 AM5/23/19
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Last year, we learned that transmissions of syphilis within the military doubled since 2010. Now the MSMR has reported a 23 percent rise in chlamydia infections since 2012. The good news is that gonorrhea infections declined among women in the military by more than 28 percent, although the overall rate remained stable due to an increase among men.
It would be easy to scaremonger about an epidemic of sex diseases plaguing the military. But the fact is that the military is, ahem, intimately connected with the civilian population, where rates of STDs have risen to “record levels,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It stands to reason that when more civilians contract STDs, so will troops. But it’s not that simple.
It would be easy to scaremonger about an epidemic of sex diseases plaguing the military. But the fact is that the military is, ahem, intimately connected with the civilian population, where rates of STDs have risen to “record levels,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It stands to reason that when more civilians contract STDs, so will troops. But it’s not that simple.
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