Posted on 06/27/2019 1:38:40 AM PDT by SMGFan
Cases of some sexually transmitted diseases, including chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, are rising in the U.S. armed forces, a trend that mirrors the general population but alarms military health officials who treat affected troops.
According to a report released earlier this year by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch, incidence rates of chlamydia in service men and women more than doubled from 2013 to 2018, gonorrhea infection rates also doubled for men and rose by 33 percent for women, and diagnoses of syphilis were nearly three times the number just 10 years ago.
In a press release Wednesday, Defense Department officials said the increases can mean negative consequences for military readiness.
"From a military standpoint, sexually transmitted infections can have a significant impact on individual readiness, which in turn impacts unit readiness, which then leads to a decrease in force health protection," said Maj. Dianne Frankel, an Air Force internal medicine physician, in the release.
Nearly 350,000 troops were diagnosed with a sexually transmitted illness between 2010 and 2018. According to the report, that included 212,405 cases of chlamydia, 32,987 cases of gonorrhea, 4,674 cases of syphilis, 28,295 cases of genital herpes and 71,138 cases of HPV.
Women were "markedly" more affected than for men for all infections except syphilis, and younger troops, ages 24 and under, were affected at rates higher than any other age group for most of the diseases.
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'Women were "markedly" more affected than for men for all infections except syphilis, "
Women hardest hit.
what has all this HIV /Aids education accomplished?
‘Personnel can protect themselves by abstaining, unless they are in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship or using condoms, according to Col. Amy Costello, chief of preventive medicine at the Air Force Medical Support Agency.
They also protect themselves from HPV — a sexually transmitted infection that can cause six types of cancer — by making sure they have completed their series of vaccines for the virus.
“Sexually transmitted infections are preventable,” Frankel said in the release. “It’s important for everyone to know how to protect themselves and their partners.”
https://www.cdc.gov/std/stats17/msm.htm
The incidence of many STDs in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (collectively referred to as MSM) – including primary and secondary (P&S) syphilis and antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea – is greater than that reported in women and men who have sex with women only (MSW).
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MSM accounted for 68.2% of reported P&S syphilis cases among women or men with information about sex of sex partners in 2017. Among men exclusively, MSM accounted for 79.6% of reported cases with information on sex of sex partners.
Nearly 80% of the men with syphilis have sex with men.
Nearly 70%. it’s early. going back to bed.
I am a weirdo . I waited until I got married before having sex . I’ve never cheated on my ( Japanese ) wife . I wonder what % of men under the age of 40 could say the same thing ?
It’s not like this wasn’t accurately predicted in the early eighties, when a change was made which was sure to bring this about.
Are they not showing the infamous, “Cherry Jubilee,” slide show in bootcamp anymore?
Sew to the wind, reap to the whirlwind! God talked about this in Romans 1 and many other places: the whole wrong thinking, foolishness and rebellious behaviors. People just don’t want to hear it. Repent! You could end up in heaven with a clean slate.
Idiots.
When I started doing military sick call in the early 90s there were still 0-6s with an induction physical in the Health Record. Period. 20 years of service and exactly one document in the chart. 4 pieces of paper. And they were not uncommon. In a little under two decades I also saw female E-3s with Medical Records that were in their third volume and collectively weighed 50 pounds (not kidding) in 6 months of service. I went through one once to see if my supposition were true and found that she had been on sick call more than morning formation in 6 months. I could go on but it is pretty depressing.
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If the Pentagon cared about military readiness, they would have scrapped the affirmative action/ultra PC culture that has poisoned it. Neither the CIC, Sec of Defense, or ‘hawks’ in Congress lifted a finger.
Plenty of stories and examples to verify the corrosive effects of political correctness on our armed forces.
You mean the first virus accorded special civil rights?
Often an issue claimed to be about “equality” is not about equality at all. The terms “same” and “equal” are of different meanings and different standards. The gender mixing in the military was said to be about “equality” but it wasn’t. It was actually about “accepting” the female sex as the same as the male sex. They are not naturally “same” and cannot be “the same”. Pretending they are and calling that “equality” is a lie. The military is not and cannot operate as a “democracy”. It is not about “one man one vote”. It’s a command and control institution with one priority - its missions. EVERYTHING we bring to the military from our social life must be sacrificed to that priority, or the military fails in its mission.
Hell, Clark AFB down in the Philippines had a VD clinic with lines out the door.
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