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To: Ingtar
2. There is a new drug resistant form of gonorrhea can kill in a matter of days.

Can you provide more details about that?

13 posted on 07/17/2014 9:17:32 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: NorthMountain
If you Google on "STD death in days" you will get all sorts of hits.

https://www.google.com/search?q=STD+death+in+days&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb

However...
From the Center for Disease Control

http://www.cdc.gov/std/gonorrhea/Resistant-Gonorrhea-Press.htm

Recent Press Coverage about Drug Resistant Gonorrhea May 8, 2013 Several recent news stories reporting cases of the H041 strain of gonorrhea in the United States are inaccurate. The H041 strain referenced in many of these news articles refer to a case detected in Japan several years ago. The H041 strain has not been detected since then, and was never reported in the United States. CDC is, however, concerned about the threat of drug resistant gonorrhea and continues to raise awareness on this important public health issue, but it is critical to remember that currently-recommended treatment regimens remain effective in the United States. For information about gonorrhea and recommended treatment regimens, please see CDC’s fact sheet on the topic: http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/Gonorrhea-Treatment-Guidelines-FactSheet.pdf Adobe PDF file.

16 posted on 07/17/2014 9:34:21 AM PDT by mbarker12474
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To: NorthMountain
This is the story.
18 posted on 07/17/2014 9:36:23 AM PDT by struggle
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To: NorthMountain

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/198235/new-gonorrhea-strain-could-kill-you-in-a-matter-of-days/

This is a sensationalist view of the story, but the reality is still frightening. The version that cropped up in Japan killed at least one because they could not find a treatment fast enough. They are running out of drugs that it is not resistant to.


23 posted on 07/17/2014 10:36:10 AM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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