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Sexually transmitted diseases 'epidemic' in Minnesota
Mpls (red)Star Tribune ^
| 5/6/03
| Josephine Marcotty
Posted on 05/06/2003 5:51:33 AM PDT by Valin
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:39:16 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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New cases of sexually transmitted diseases in Minnesota jumped 19 percent last year in what state health officials say is an epidemic. The Health Department on Monday reported 13,304 cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis last year compared with 11,158 in 2001.
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"The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us." William Shakespeare, "King Lear"
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posted on
05/06/2003 5:51:33 AM PDT
by
Valin
To: Valin
Check out the Univ health center stats...on every university in America VD is epidemic and has been since the 60s
It almost seems as higher-education and morality are mutually exclusive
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posted on
05/06/2003 5:57:58 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: Valin
Well, I know Clinton was up there for the Wellstone fune-rally. How long did he stay in town?
To: Valin; newgeezer
For example, among blacks there were 1,444 cases of chlamydia per 100,000 population in 2002, 584 cases per 100,000 among Hispanics and 97 for whites. Wow! What's up with dat?
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:01:35 AM PDT
by
biblewonk
(Spose to be a Chrissssstian)
To: Valin
No Schadenfreude from me. It is sometimes in the places you least expect something like this (all those Norwegian batchelor farmers Garrison Keillor is always talking about? -- whodda thunk? Or those kids who are all above average? Go on!) that decent kids getting into their first serious adult relationship find themselves infected: we know a girl who was infected by her new husband, whose own experiences were so limited as to be able to pinpoint the "giver".
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:03:35 AM PDT
by
CatoRenasci
(Mesopotamia Delenda Est)
To: Valin
All we need is more Sex Education and condoms. That way we can get the STD figures nationally from 1 in 5 to 1 in 2. I'm glad we have drugs like Valtrex (sp?) now so it helps those with genital herpes to feel better about themselves while spreading it around.
When will people learn that abstinence is the only true form of prevention?
To: Valin
Health officials could not explain the sudden overall increase. They have been concerned about syphilis for more than a year because recent increases were documented almost exclusively among gay men, officials said. Isn't it obvious? At least for syphilis, now that AIDS is seen as survivable the homos are going nuts again with anyone and everyone.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:12:46 AM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Valin
After declining in the early 1990s, sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates began to rise in the past five years This is about the time the blue dress debuted. Another Clinton legacy.
To: Dad was my hero
All we need is more Sex Education and condoms.
Riiight!
A good definition of insanity is, doing the same thing over and over again...and expecting a different result.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:18:48 AM PDT
by
Valin
(Age and deceit beat youth and skill)
To: Valin
Run for your lives!!!!!!!!!!! Run for your lives!!!!!!! The world is ending!!!!!!!!! We're all going to die from McDonald's burgers, SARS, AIDS, Clap, Post Nasal Drip, and high speed impact with brick walls!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To: Valin
When two people exchange diseases in the privacy of their own bedroom it's no one's busness.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:29:55 AM PDT
by
RAT Patrol
(Congress can give one American a dollar only by first taking it away from another American. -W.W.)
To: Doc Savage
Post Nasal Drip
WHAT!!? Did you hear something?
OMG my nose is running!!
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:31:16 AM PDT
by
Valin
(Age and deceit beat youth and skill)
To: Valin
New cases of sexually transmitted diseases in Minnesota jumped 19 percent last year in what state health officials say is an epidemic. An obvious result of the proposed tax cut. < /sarcasm>
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:31:56 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your enemy, and Bush is no conservative)
To: biblewonk
For example, among blacks there were 1,444 cases of chlamydia per 100,000 population in 2002, 584 cases per 100,000 among Hispanics and 97 for whites. Wow! What's up with dat?
Racist diseases are profiling them.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:31:57 AM PDT
by
RAT Patrol
(Congress can give one American a dollar only by first taking it away from another American. -W.W.)
To: RAT Patrol
....no boubt it is all the "fisting is not bad" propaganda taught in the schools!
....like your post by the way!!!!!!
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:38:14 AM PDT
by
GrandMoM
("Vengeance is Mine , I will repay," says the Lord.)
To: RAT Patrol
Hope they don't prepair my food.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:42:10 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: Valin
Dr. Peter D'Ascoli, medical director for Planned Parenthood of Minnesota/South Dakota, said young people are confused by the mixed messages they hear about about sex and birth control. Some are told that condoms don't prevent sexually transmitted diseases, he said, although they do. Uhh, no, condoms don't prevent all sexually transmitted diseases. Herpes & HPV come to mind...
MD
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:48:34 AM PDT
by
MikeD
(Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!)
To: CatoRenasci
You don't move to Edina. You achieve Edina.
To: RAT Patrol
"When two people exchange diseases in the privacy of their own bedroom it's no one's busness."
Except the tax payer that pays for all those lovely vices.
To: rollo tomasi
Except the tax payer that pays for all those lovely vices. Sounds like a problem you should be discussing with your government.
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:03:08 AM PDT
by
Protagoras
(Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children)
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