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For Gay Men, a Fear That Feels Familiar (meningitis the new AIDS)
New York Times ^ | May 17, 2013 | ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS

Posted on 05/19/2013 12:00:54 PM PDT by reaganaut1

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A new, casually transmittable infection — a unique strain of bacterial meningitis — has cast a pall over the gay night life and dating scene, with men wondering whether this is AIDS, circa 1981, all over again. Seven men have died in New York City, about a third of diagnosed cases, since 2010. And in the last few months, the contagion seemed to be accelerating. It has targeted gay and bisexual men, and nobody knows exactly why.

The city’s best hope to curb the outbreak is to vaccinate as many at-risk men as possible, focusing on those most in danger: men who regularly hook up with other men whom they meet at parties, bars, clubs and through apps like Grindr. Dr. Don Weiss, the director of surveillance for the city’s Bureau of Communicable Disease, has called it “Russian roulette sex,” because “sooner or later, you are going to come across this organism and be exposed.”

The health department’s own vaccination efforts at several gay bars have had limited success. Men out partying want to have fun, not be told that they may fall prey to a lethal disease by doing so.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aids; gaydeathstyle; gayfilth; gaymeningitis; gaystd; homodisease; homosexualagenda; homosexuallifestyle; homosexuals; immoralbehavior; meningitis; outbreak; publichealth; queer; queeringamerica; riskybehavior; sexualchaos; stds
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To: Izzy Dunne
Gee. If only we could figure that out.....

I think I'll apply for a government grant to find a reason. Mid-seven figures ought to do it.

61 posted on 05/19/2013 1:16:28 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: kcvl

“Viruses that cause meningitis include enteroviruses...”

Enter, o viruses. There, fixed it.


62 posted on 05/19/2013 1:20:49 PM PDT by beelzepug (Telling other people they need to die is a good way to get your own lamp blown out.)
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To: NonValueAdded
LOLOLOL!!! 100%
63 posted on 05/19/2013 1:21:23 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Stars & Strips Forever, Thanks for the reference in your response to reaganut1 which I copied below in case anyone missed it. A look in the Book always gives us the way to live and what happens when we stray from the “straight” and narrow. We are all sinners saved by grace. The homosexual lifestyle is right up there with gossiping, lying, horoscope reading, etc. A sin is a sin and our nation is suffering from our discretions.


To: reaganaut1
“The comments are interesting — lots of gay men complaining that their “lifestyle” is being stigmatized. Sodomy and promiscuity are condemned for a reason.”

PROVERBS 5:12-13

In the end you will groan in anguish
when disease consumes your body.
12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
If only I had not ignored all the warnings!
13 Oh, why didn’t I listen to my teachers?
Why didn’t I pay attention to my instructors?

20 posted on Sunday, May 19, 2013 2:15:12 PM by stars & stripes forever ((Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord!))


64 posted on 05/19/2013 1:21:37 PM PDT by Maudeen (Proverbs 3:5-6)
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To: FReepers
Liberals

What Can You Say?

Donate

65 posted on 05/19/2013 1:23:58 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (My faith and politics cannot be separated)
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To: reaganaut1

“It has targeted .....”

No, it has not targeted anyone. It is incapable of that. Certain people have made themselves more vulnerable to it.
But that’s not PC!


66 posted on 05/19/2013 1:24:46 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Pi$$ed off yet?)
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To: reaganaut1

only seven have died and they’re saying this is the new aids?!?

please. homo-hystericity reaches new heights.

stop all your unprotected anal sex, rimming, fisting, bukkake, and anonymous orgies with any guy that moves, stop bug chasing, and keep it in the pants, and you’ll have a huge advantage to staying healthy.


67 posted on 05/19/2013 1:28:14 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Yeah. As if having anal sex with someone was “casual”.


68 posted on 05/19/2013 1:32:05 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: NonValueAdded

Indeed. I figure electrical plugs and electrical outlets will soon be criminalized since they promote “heteronormativity”.


69 posted on 05/19/2013 1:39:32 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: reaganaut1

It’s 1981 all over again. We have another ‘doctor’ in the article calling infection “exposure”, as if the disease is simply floating about in the open air and no one can be expected to avoid it. These people are truly sick.


70 posted on 05/19/2013 1:41:28 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: reaganaut1

Romans 1:26-27
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.


71 posted on 05/19/2013 1:45:45 PM PDT by Mark85937 (If your cultural views conflict with the Bible, you need to examine your cultural views.)
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To: reaganaut1
I was doing some research recently on syphilis (to satisfy my curiosity...I don't have it!) and came upon a page of the CDC's website.This page said that two-thirds of syphilis cases diagnosed in the country are in homosexual men.

But we're assured by Osama Obama & Pals that "it's just a different kind of love".

72 posted on 05/19/2013 1:51:36 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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To: reaganaut1
It has targeted gay and bisexual men, and nobody knows exactly why.

Because repeated thrusting upward into the exit chute, where there are lots of tiny capillaries pointing downward that were never designed to handle upward friction, pushes infectious agents into the bloodstream.

73 posted on 05/19/2013 1:53:14 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("There can be no dialogue with the prince of this world." -- Francis)
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To: reaganaut1
...and nobody knows exactly why.

And they can say this with a straight face (pun definitely intended).

74 posted on 05/19/2013 1:56:07 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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To: reaganaut1

That this infection seems to be predominant among gay men is probably just a weird coincidence like AIDS. The solution is to pass laws prohibiting the conduct of epidemiological investigations or reporting so that we don’t suspect misconduct on their part, because, after all, it couldn’t possibly be related to their lifestyle.


75 posted on 05/19/2013 2:16:06 PM PDT by DPMD
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To: reaganaut1
It has targeted gay and bisexual men, and nobody knows exactly why.

Lol. I know why.

76 posted on 05/19/2013 2:18:09 PM PDT by Gluteus Maximus
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To: reaganaut1

It’s a shame there isn’t a simple way of preventing all these rampant diseases.


77 posted on 05/19/2013 2:23:08 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: reaganaut1

Not ironic at all is the mention of Lady Gaga’s ‘Poker Face’, which is riddled with homosexual innuendo.


78 posted on 05/19/2013 2:32:11 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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To: Mark85937

Check out today’s movie I posted-

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3021388/posts

They actually quote those verses, something I never thought would happen in a secular film.


79 posted on 05/19/2013 2:34:59 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: DJ MacWoW

Coming to a school curriculum near you.


80 posted on 05/19/2013 2:39:00 PM PDT by Maudeen (Proverbs 3:5-6)
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