Catch thyself before you celebrate!
The United States has set a new record…in reported Chlamydia cases. Oh, and Gonorrhea rates are also up with a drug-resistant "superbug" form of that shit now in the mix.
The Chlamydia rates may be the result of an increase in testing due to CDC recommendations…but that’s not exactly comforting.
Experts are befuddled by the increase in Gonorrhea rates, one going so far as to say “Hopefully we will not see this turn into a trend".
Blink.
Oh my (flutter of the lashes)! I wonder what could be done to help prevent increases in STD infections from becoming a trend (oh hell, flutter those lashes again)?
Oh yeah, it's our old faithful friend Comprehensive Sex Education!
How many infections does it take to warrant a policy shift?
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