Well, that... 
and Bill Clinton opening an office in Harlem.
Posted on 09/05/2007 4:26:40 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Health officials in New York City say new statistics show an increase in syphilis infections among men and women. However, this is a small-scale example of a problem that is happening nationwide, they say.
Unsafe-sex practices are being blamed for bringing the disease's old health dangers back to life after a drop in the 1990s. The New York Times reports that 260 cases of syphilis were recorded by the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in the first quarter of this year, including ten cases of female infection. That is more than twice the number for the same period in 2006.
Obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Jeff Barrows, who sees virally infected sexually-transmitted disease cases regularly, says syphilis has been primarily tied to the homosexual male population since the 1990s -- and he asserts that the increase of cases parallels the increase in the number of homosexual men practicing unsafe sex.
"They're becoming more and more unsafe in their sexual practices; and as soon as that starts to happen, you start to see a slight bump, an increase, in various sexually transmitted diseases including syphilis," states Barrows. Some health officials attribute this recent flare-up to "condom fatigue," as well as to increased drug use, particularly the use of methamphetamines, citing the alleged connection of "crack" use to a 1990s syphilis outbreak in New York City.
Dr. Barrows is also concerned that increasing unsafe-sex practices among homosexuals is translating into unsafe-sex practices among bisexual men, which could explain the rising number of women transacting syphilis since 2005, both citywide and nationally.
"[T]hese infections are breaking out of the homosexual population because apparently there has been an increase in bisexual behavior among these men and this is something that is being reported new across the country," says Barrows. "And unfortunately, women are not doing a good enough job getting the sexual history of the men that they're with."
In 1998 syphilis was declared a disease that would be eliminated by 2005, and now officials are concerned that it is back on the rise. Barrows says that fact alone makes it obvious that just education on the dangers of unprotected sexual activity is not making enough of a difference in the sexual practices of heterosexuals or homosexuals.
Oh please. It’s common knowledge that there can be no ill effects from sodomy.
By definition aren’t bisexuals engaging in unsafe sexual practices?
I love these moments of discovery when information that has been known for decades is suddenly represented as something new. It has been known for a long time that Bisexuality is responsible for most cross transmission of stds.
Half the time anyway...
Well, that... and Bill Clinton opening an office in Harlem.
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I’m so surprised. NOT!
Yes aside from the tearing and colitis. Anal sex is just unhealthy period. It does not matter whether it is heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual. What do people not understand? Tearing, blood, feces = increased risk of disease.
It doesn’t require the belief Jesus to understand what is is wrong with this. lol
But, wouldn’t our government warn and protect us if this were really true?
From the mangina to the vagina. It is pretty sick.
Yet so many are. For example, in a city of 8,000,000 they are worried about 260 cases of syph...
OMG, 260 cases of syphilis in New York City in the 1st quarter of this year! What's happening, is NYC slowing down?
With their population that's a miracle, but the important point from the gay lobby's POV is that 10 women actually came down with it besides the usual gay males. Veneral diseases so prominent among the gay community can and do cross over, what else is new, besides demanding additional funding to stamp out any disease predominately affecting homesexual behavior.
It reminds me of an old joke.
This guy gets a call from his kid: “Dad, I’m worried that my roommate might be gay.”
“Why do you say that?”
“His cock tasts like sh...”
This reminds me of the joke, “Don’t pick that up, you don’t know where it’s been”.
Shouldn’t this... 
be on the Bill Clinton ‘pulling’ for Craig Thread
No they wouldn’t. It is about sex and sex is so natural and basic that one couldn’t think of discouraging people from their choice method of achieving pleasure. lol I always get hung up on the simple things. I just never got past the idea that assholes aren’t sex organs. I just never had any desire to mix crap and sex. Somethings just don’t go together. Technically it isn’t even sex. It is pseudo sex. Much more like someone shoving carrots up their nose and calling it eating than sex.
Uh, no, that has been the norm since homosexual acts first emerged........
Lets see, tax the smokers and fund the pokers............
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