If anyone knows the answer to this question....
Posted on 03/11/2004 6:25:50 AM PST by Peter J. Huss
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Internet has played a significant role in the latest increase in cases of syphilis among gay men by introducing partners more likely to practice high-risk sex, according to a study released on Wednesday.
About 22 percent of homosexual men diagnosed with early stage syphilis reported meeting one or more of their sexual partners through the Internet around the time they were infected, said the study by the Los Angeles Health Department.
Researchers at a national conference in Philadelphia on the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases also said they found gays who used the Web to meet sex partners were almost four times as likely to have anonymous sex than non-Internet users. They were also more than twice as likely to use injected drugs as those who found partners more traditionally.
Of gay men who met their partners online, 67 percent were HIV positive, according to the study.
"The Internet is an important venue for conducting STD/HIV prevention and control," said Dr. Getahun Aynalem, an author of the Los Angeles Health Department study.
"Potential public health prevention and control efforts should include interventions like online outreach."
The Internet was one of a number of factors contributing to the rise in syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases among gay men, Aynalem said. Other contributors included the increasing use of the recreational drug crystal methamphetamine and the erectile dysfunction medication Viagra.
Nationally, the incidence of reported syphilis has increased by 18 percent in the last three years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For male homosexuals it has multiplied 12-fold.
Between 1999 and 2003, the proportion of all U.S. syphilis cases among gay men jumped to 60 percent from 5 percent.
The Los Angeles research found that men who went online to find sex partners were more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than those who found partners elsewhere. For example, of those who said they were the dominant partner in anal sex, 91 percent were Internet users compared with 80 percent who were non-browsers.
The Web can also help control the spread of STDs, researchers said. Online, partners can be notified of a person's sexual history and chat rooms where health counselors can discuss STD prevention and control can be set up.
Newspapers Blamed in Spread of Syphillus
Over 70% of Gay men with the dreaded disease met their multiple partners in Bathhouses which advertised in the Advocate.....
or Public Parks and Bathrooms Blamed in Spread of Syphillus
Recent studies revealed that many of the homosexuals arrested for deviant behavior by the vice squad have Syphillus. Of those with Syphillus, almost 100% were arrested soliciting other homosexuals in public parks and in the bathrooms therein. Such parks and bathrooms are therefore a public health menace and should be closed immediately!
any one have the radio clip about "Kooder the hampster"?
quite funny I will try to find it and put it up later
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60%!!!!
Bad....bad....naughty computer
Daschole is deeply saddened
Just damn.
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