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Sexual Health Experts Say STDs Are 'Out of Control' With Syphilis Cases Up 26% Last Year
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Sep 22, 2022, 1:17:05 PM9/22/22
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Officials are emphasizing the importance of getting tested and using
protection.
After being cooped up at home for a year-plus due to the pandemic,
people’s ability to live at least semi-freely again has contributed to a
spike in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that were already on the
rise, sexual health experts say. On Monday, at a medical conference on
STDs, David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD
Directors, called the spike “out of control,” according to the Associated
Press.
Experts said a rise in syphilis is particularly concerning, as a 26%
increase was reported last year with a total of 171,074 cases, according
to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC). For context, a total of 101,590 were reported in 2017. Cases of
congenital syphilis, which occurs in babies delivered by people with the
disease, were up to nearly 2,700 last year compared to 941 in 2017.
Syphilis is an infection that presents as genital sores, and comes with
other symptoms depending on its stage (primary, secondary, latent, or
tertiary), per the CDC. It can lead to serious complications and even
death if gone untreated. In the early 2000s, the CDC developed a National
Plan to Eliminate Syphilis, but efforts were cut short due to funding
scarcities.
Syphilis rates are highest in men who have sex with men, and among
minority groups such as Black and Hispanic Americans and Native Americans.
Those among women are lower, but experts at Monday’s conference said even
those were up by about 50% last year.
And syphilis isn’t the only STD picking up steam—experts said gonorrhea
and HIV cases are on the rise, and the growing spread of monkeypox
presents additional concern.
The CDC points out that the lockdowns of 2020 “significantly affected STD
surveillance and prevention efforts,” contributing to the overall STD
spike that shows “no signs of slowing.” Delayed diagnosis and treatment
likely also contributed to the spread.
At Monday’s conference, experts discussed new approaches to addressing the
problem, including increased condom use, access to at-home testing kits,
and proposals for up to $500 million in government funding for STD
clinics.
“It is imperative that we ... work to rebuild, innovate, and expand (STD)
prevention in the U.S.,” said Leandro Mena, the CDC’s director of STD
prevention. “I envision one day where getting tested can be as simple and
as affordable as doing a home pregnancy test.”
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"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
protection.
After being cooped up at home for a year-plus due to the pandemic,
people’s ability to live at least semi-freely again has contributed to a
spike in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that were already on the
rise, sexual health experts say. On Monday, at a medical conference on
STDs, David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD
Directors, called the spike “out of control,” according to the Associated
Press.
Experts said a rise in syphilis is particularly concerning, as a 26%
increase was reported last year with a total of 171,074 cases, according
to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC). For context, a total of 101,590 were reported in 2017. Cases of
congenital syphilis, which occurs in babies delivered by people with the
disease, were up to nearly 2,700 last year compared to 941 in 2017.
Syphilis is an infection that presents as genital sores, and comes with
other symptoms depending on its stage (primary, secondary, latent, or
tertiary), per the CDC. It can lead to serious complications and even
death if gone untreated. In the early 2000s, the CDC developed a National
Plan to Eliminate Syphilis, but efforts were cut short due to funding
scarcities.
Syphilis rates are highest in men who have sex with men, and among
minority groups such as Black and Hispanic Americans and Native Americans.
Those among women are lower, but experts at Monday’s conference said even
those were up by about 50% last year.
And syphilis isn’t the only STD picking up steam—experts said gonorrhea
and HIV cases are on the rise, and the growing spread of monkeypox
presents additional concern.
The CDC points out that the lockdowns of 2020 “significantly affected STD
surveillance and prevention efforts,” contributing to the overall STD
spike that shows “no signs of slowing.” Delayed diagnosis and treatment
likely also contributed to the spread.
At Monday’s conference, experts discussed new approaches to addressing the
problem, including increased condom use, access to at-home testing kits,
and proposals for up to $500 million in government funding for STD
clinics.
“It is imperative that we ... work to rebuild, innovate, and expand (STD)
prevention in the U.S.,” said Leandro Mena, the CDC’s director of STD
prevention. “I envision one day where getting tested can be as simple and
as affordable as doing a home pregnancy test.”
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
Trump
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