[kattracks]

"We've had a doubling of syphilis cases; gonorrhea is up, and now, we have a new drug-resistant staph infection. To me, it says the Health Department in 'San Frisco' is a failure," Petrelis said.

To me, it says people should take some precautions before they fall into bed (or wherever) with someone.

[anniegetyourgun]

"However, the disease could spread rapidly among homosexual men, who have high rates of sexual promiscuity, Diggs said."

Uh oh, he's gonna be in BIG trouble for speaking this truth.

[Puppage]

but some activists charge they're not doing enough to prevent its spread.

How about KEEPING YOUR PANTS ON? Then you won't have to PUT THE BLAME ON SOMEONE ELSE! For ONCE take responsibility for YOUR ACTIONS!

[AppyPappy]

It's eczama. I swear it.

[Drango]

Michael Petrelis, a longtime AIDS activist, said the Health Department in San Francisco is failing to control staph infections as it has failed to control other sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infections.

Right. The promiscuous sex has nothing to do with spreading the infections...it's all governments fault.

[Ole Okie]

What in the world is a skin-rash activist??



Oh.

[commish]

Drug resistant Staph is becoming a major problem nation wide.

My wife is a Cath-lab nurse, and she says that almost 10-20% of infections they are seeing nowadays are drug-resistant.

Someone needs to find the new "Penicillin" and soon. (Speaking of which, just how did they think "Hmm let me scrap this fuzzy stuff off of this rotten food and see if it cures diseases).

The biggest culprit of this drug-resistant strain are the doctors who prescribe antobiotics at the drop of a hat. Then the patients only take them until they feel better -- if the bottle says "Take until gone" DO IT! By only partially treating the infection you are leaving organisms alive that can now build a resistance to the antibiotic.

[Trust but Verify]

Just when you think you've heard it all........

[Ches]

Michael Petrelis, a longtime AIDS activist, said the Health Department in San Francisco is failing to control staph infections as it has failed to control other sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infections. "We've had a doubling of syphilis cases; gonorrhea is up, and now, we have a new drug-resistant staph infection. To me, it says the Health Department in 'San Frisco' is a failure," Petrelis said.

Yeah, Its the city's fault.

[DH]

Drug-resistant staph is not new, but this strain is more contagious because it produces a toxin that is passed through the skin, experts said.

Remember this the next time you shake hands with a queer.

[Freedom4US]

Michael Petrelis, a longtime AIDS "activist", said the Health Department in San Francisco is failing to control staph infections as it has failed to control other sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infections.

Yeah. Blame everyone else. Has it occurred to these einsteins that perhaps dragging their pecker through the dirt might have something to do with this? The truth is, guys like Mike actively prevented any sort of rational GRID/AIDS prevention under the guise of "privacy"; any rational society would have put them under quarantine back in the 80's. Oops.

[Patriotic1]

And it also says to me that these activists should enlist some of the gay journalists in spreading the message. Govt can't do it all.

[Rodney King]

"We've had a doubling of syphilis cases; gonorrhea is up, and now, we have a new drug-resistant staph infection. To me, it says the Health Department in 'San Frisco' is a failure," Petrelis said.

To me it says that you are a bunch of sick freaks.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Typical liberal sodomist drivel. The homos have sex five times a night with anyone they see with no protection yet somehow it is the health department's fault that they ge AIDS and syphilis, gonnorea, clymidia, hepatitus, skin infections, etc.

[N. Theknow]

And yet insurance companies don't question whether someone is homosexual. They only care whether someone is a cigarette smoker.

Then again, it is probably against some kind of law to question whether someone is a sexual deviant.

Does anyone have the latest statistics on how many AIDS cases are of indeterminate origin? The figure I heard several years ago was that about 5% of all AIDS cases could not be traced to tainted blood, sexual activity or health care workers being infected by contamiinated materials.

[A2J]

Public health officials in California are alerting male homosexuals to the dangers of a new skin infection that is communicable during sex, but some activists charge they're not doing enough to prevent its spread.

It is hard to fathom how "activists" are criticizing health officials for "not doing enough to prevent" the spread of this new disease when it is the ones engaging in that perverted behavior who are the blame.

If they want to stop the disease then all they need to do is sit down and shut up.

[TC Rider]

Once there were two gay men, Stan and Vince, who fell madly in love and moved in together.

Stan would stay home and keep house, while Vince went to his job every day. Every day Vince would get home at 5:15 and they would immediately have wild sex.

Stan somehow picked up a nasty staph infection. His doctor gave him a very powerful anti-biotic to take.

After 10 days the infection was nearly wiped out, except for the last two microbes. They met near the lungs to plot a survival strategy. The one microbe decided to move to the brain and tough it out there.

The other microbe said, "I don't know about you, but when the 5:15 pulls out tonight, I'm going to be on it.".

[american spirit]

I just don't understand...isn't being gay just a normal, safe, sane lifestyle like any other? (sarcasm off)

[independentmind]

Doctors are not accustomed to seeing this type of infection in their offices, Diggs said. It's the kind of infection they expect to see in patients who might be hospitalized or who are otherwise debilitated with diabetes or chemotherapy, he said.

How many people know that dialysis clinics are loaded with the stuff?