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Syphilis is on the rise when it should be confined to history
UK Guardian ^ | August 24, 2016 | Verity Sullivan

Posted on 08/24/2016 8:45:20 AM PDT by C19fan

As the old saying goes, “Laughter is the best medicine. Unless you have syphilis in which case penicillin is the best choice”. The disease, caused by the bacterium Treponema Pallidum and passed on through unprotected oral, vaginal and anal sex, has affected the famous through the ages (Al Capone and, reportedly, Hitler, to name just two).

But syphilis is in no way confined to big names, nor is it a sexually transmitted infection (STI) of the past. The 2016 Public Health England (PHE) syphilis report has shown that infection rates are on the up, with disproportionate rates in London. In 2015, the capital accounted for 56% of all cases in England, with a 22% increase in diagnoses in the year 2014-15. Since 2010 the number of cases of syphilis in Londoners has increased by 163%, with a 22% increase in the year from 2014 to 2015. The borough of Lambeth has the highest rates, closely followed by the City of London and Southwark.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: lgbt; std; syphilis
Money quote:

Men who have sex with men (MSM) represented 90% of all syphilis cases in 2015, with a 232% increase in diagnosis over the last five years, said the report.

The Victorian saying about syphilis needs to be updated "One night with VenusUranus a lifetime with Mercury". Mercury was a treatment for the disease before antibiotics.

1 posted on 08/24/2016 8:45:20 AM PDT by C19fan
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So much for homo “marriage” being a bulwark against such disease prevalence.


2 posted on 08/24/2016 8:50:43 AM PDT by fwdude (If we keep insisting on the lesser of two evils, that is exactly what they will give us from now on.)
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Don’t forget the influx of Muzzies, who are known to play for the other team.


3 posted on 08/24/2016 9:03:13 AM PDT by PAR35
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“Men who have sex with men (MSM)”

Notice the term (MSM) throughout the article. Rather than call them what they are, homosexuals, the term becomes changed to MSM. Wonder why that is? Is truthful reality a bit too harsh?


4 posted on 08/24/2016 9:06:09 AM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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“Don’t forget the influx of Muzzies, who are known to play for the other team.”

Yes, but they are only givig Syph to goats!


5 posted on 08/24/2016 9:10:33 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Infectious Disease Ping

"Syphilis is on the rise when it should be confined to history "

( Since 2010 the number of cases of syphilis in Londoners has increased by 163%,
with a 22% increase in the year from 2014 to 2015.)

6 posted on 08/24/2016 9:18:52 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt ( British historian Arnold Toynbee - Civilisations die from suicide, not by murder.)
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I am surprised they were allowed to state the demographics of new cases. Just like AIDS. The demographics are inconvenient.


7 posted on 08/24/2016 9:23:03 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Hillary Clinton, the elderly woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
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The only "education" that's needed is, "No sex before marriage; once married, be faithful to your partner." Then the problem disappears.
8 posted on 08/24/2016 9:26:39 AM PDT by JoeFromSidney (,)
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So too malaria. It was on the wane until DDT was banned. Last year in 2015, there were roughly 214 million malaria cases and an estimated 438,000 malaria deaths. Where’s the panic? Where’s the MSMLSD crowd?


9 posted on 08/24/2016 9:27:40 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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There are often no externally visible symptoms for rectal syphilis.

Those chancres are often internal and the pain is considered just part of being power bottom among homosexuals.


10 posted on 08/24/2016 9:38:01 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Stormdog
I noticed MSM also means mainstream media and correlates pretty closely with the other meaning of MSM cited by the article.

Except that there are also females who work for the MS Media.

11 posted on 08/24/2016 9:42:28 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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“MSM” has been the acronym used in research for decades. I’m surprised they used the correct term because it’s a term that leaves no room to hide what exactly the problem is. Actually it’s the term homosexual that is the propaganda term (there is no such thing as “sexual orientation”) .


12 posted on 08/24/2016 9:43:44 AM PDT by Varda
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Mrs. Bill Clinton may be on the rise, when she should be confined to history.


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13 posted on 08/24/2016 9:50:14 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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I wasn’t familiar with the research term. I learned something new.


14 posted on 08/24/2016 9:53:34 AM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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It’s because of the increase in men who have sex with both men and women.


15 posted on 08/24/2016 9:55:30 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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All kinds of STDS that should have vanished with penicillin and the original hippie movement have come roaring back with a vengeance. For one easy example, GRIDS should have barely hit the public radar, but instead of quarantine the infected we let them mince along merrily and now the death toll is at least 8 digits.

And you know what will REALLY be fun? When one or more of the now drug-resistant/immune STDS shows a mutant strain that doesn’t require bodily contact. Imagine the clap being readily spreadable by sneezes and cough instead of being avoidable by keeping your pants zipped.


16 posted on 08/24/2016 10:26:57 AM PDT by Laser_Ray
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Reminds me of four drawings done by Charlie Russell years ago.
1.Cowboy sitting near his horse..”Just a little sunshine”
2. Cowboy on his horse in a storm...”Just a little rain.”
3. Drunk cowboy paying a prostitute...”Just a little pleasure”.
4. Cowboy jumping in pain as he rubs a pain medicine on his privates...”Just a little pain!”


17 posted on 08/24/2016 10:31:44 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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The softened saying Old used to be a "Night with Venus may end end up ending your life by Mercury.
18 posted on 08/24/2016 12:22:07 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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I see the special part of the population is responsible for almost all of it, as usual.
19 posted on 08/24/2016 1:38:55 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Stormdog
Notice the term (MSM) throughout the article. Rather than call them what they are, homosexuals, the term becomes changed to MSM. Wonder why that is? Is truthful reality a bit too harsh?"

It's not just homosexual men who have sex with men. Bisexual men (some of them married to straight women) and cash-strapped straight men (rent boys) also do it, so the article is technically correct.

20 posted on 08/24/2016 5:48:47 PM PDT by Go_Trump_2016
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