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STD in numbers: Risk of contracting various STDs with one-time unprotected homosexual sex for men
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Posted on 01/20/2020 9:40:06 AM PST by fwdude

INTRODUCTION Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are infections acquired from another person mainly through the pathway of sexual activity. STDs are very common and are responsible of a heavy burden to public health in many countries. Luckily, these diseases are treatable. Some of them are curable, and most importantly, all of them are preventable.

In the United States, about 20 million new sexually transmitted infections occur every year. That means that the average American has a 6% annual probability of getting an STD. Of course, this probability varies widely depending on many factors, and homosexual intercourse tends to be highly placed among the risk factors associated with contracting an STD.

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KEYWORDS: aids; fdrq; gays; hiv; homosexualagenda; stds
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To: fwdude

Don’t forget bug chasers and AIDS roulette parties


21 posted on 01/20/2020 10:35:10 AM PST by Phil DiBasquette
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To: All

I still blame MaryJane Rottencrotch.


22 posted on 01/20/2020 10:43:54 AM PST by BipolarBob (Just imagine the /s after everything I post and we'll all be happier.)
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To: Bob434
yeah, it’s just totaLLY insane that they scream about ‘discrimination’ because they aren’t allowed to give blood anonymously without any screening first- I don’t understand it- it’s totally devoid of common sense-

When you donate blood, no matter who you are or how you answer the questionnaire, your blood is still screened for certain blood borne pathogens including HIV.

https://www.redcrossblood.org/biomedical-services/blood-diagnostic-testing/blood-testing.html

Each and every time I’ve donated blood (which I do a couple of times a year) I have to answer a lengthy questionnaire. But at the end of the day, the answers I put down are voluntary. It is not as if a background check is performed to confirm my answers are truthful.

https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical.html

23 posted on 01/20/2020 10:46:10 AM PST by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Nearly half of all Americans are married (48%) While that certainly doesn't reduce the risk of STD to zero, it would provide a pretty decent degree of safety.

Yep! and being married for so many years, guarantees that there is no possibility of contracting an STD

you long time married guys may know why...

;^)
24 posted on 01/20/2020 10:51:15 AM PST by Karma_Sherab
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To: MD Expat in PA

the problem was that back when, they weren’t screening for aids- and i don’t really wanna risk a mistake in screening of known aids patients who give blood- aids is forever- and it’s deadly-


25 posted on 01/20/2020 10:52:32 AM PST by Bob434
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To: fwdude

Somehow, I have beaten these horrible odds. In 30-plus years of marriage, never using “protection”, I dodged this gigantic cumulative risk. Liberals would never guess how I managed that miracle.


26 posted on 01/20/2020 11:05:07 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Bob434
Half of Americans have had or currently suffer from STDs. That's huge.

Couple that with the fact that the CDC (or was it the FDA?) determined that condoms fail 40% of the time in faggot sex and 10% of the time in heterosexual sex.

If ever there was an argument for heterosexual, monogamous marriage.............

27 posted on 01/20/2020 11:10:59 AM PST by LouAvul
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To: fwdude
Bummer.

Why does it hurt when I pee

28 posted on 01/20/2020 11:46:34 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: setter
You could have been infected as a teen. The virus can stay dormant for decades and often pops up decades later when your auto immune system is weakened.

Very unlikely, per my doctor. The initial infection is always accompanied by a flare up before any dormancy is experienced. I never had a single cold sore or anything like one, ever in stressful times. This first flare up was a doozy, covering my chin as well. The doctor confirmed it as a new infection.

29 posted on 01/20/2020 11:51:29 AM PST by fwdude (Poverty is nearly always a mindset, which canÂ’t be cured by cash.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

That 6% number is way high. It’s based on 20MM new cases of STD per year, not on the number of new people catching something. So that 20MM number includes people who get several diseases, or other diseases more than once, counting each case as a ‘new’ person. So cut that number in half, if not smaller. Also, not everyone has the same amount of sex, some are way more active (not every positive encounter leads to a positive transmission). Some are also more spread around, greatly increasing their chances of running into someone who’s infected.

Even if we ignore all those factors, saying everyone has a 6% chance of catching something each year, is wrong. The proper stat would be that 6% of the populace catches something each year, not that each member has a 6% chance. Details do matter.


30 posted on 01/20/2020 11:51:34 AM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: fwdude
It doesn’t even required direct contact. You can get it from shared eating utensils.

I heard it was tractor seats.
31 posted on 01/20/2020 12:26:07 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Old Yeller

That too! LOL!

Or a medical student class.


32 posted on 01/20/2020 12:35:17 PM PST by fwdude (Poverty is nearly always a mindset, which canÂ’t be cured by cash.)
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To: fwdude
FDRQ...
33 posted on 01/20/2020 12:41:48 PM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: fwdude

Letting some stranger stick his privates up your butt is dangerous? Who would have ever guessed?


34 posted on 01/20/2020 12:53:22 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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To: Pollster1
In 30-plus years of marriage, never using “protection”, I dodged this gigantic cumulative risk.

Yep. Same here. During over 30 years of having unprotected sex with my wife, not only have I never contracted a single venereal disease but neither has she. Amazing but true.

35 posted on 01/20/2020 1:02:59 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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To: BipolarBob

“I still blame MaryJane Rottencrotch.”

Question: Why at a redneck picnic do the women not wear panties?

Answer: To keep the flies away from the fried chicken.


36 posted on 01/20/2020 1:16:14 PM PST by cymbeline
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Amazing but true.

Far-left academics will never bother to study this medical miracle. When there is no possible logical explanation, the only alternative is random chance. Who does studies on pure luck?

37 posted on 01/20/2020 4:06:28 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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