Rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) continued to rise throughout 2023 and into 2024, and there’s probably one reason why: lack of education.
Between June and Oct. 2023, there was a 25% increase in new gonorrhea cases in Washington, D.C., alone, according to DC Health. In the rest of the U.S., rates of diseases like syphilis continue to soar since they started spiking in 2018, The New York Times (NYT) reported in January.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in 2022 that STDs were surging “with no signs of slowing.” By 2023, there was reportedly a 900% increase in babies born with syphilis in Mississippi alone. One common sex partner was even thought to have spread eye syphilis around Michigan. If STDs have been such an issue for the U.S. all these years, why isn’t something being done about it?
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— KAY SMYTHE (@KaySmythe) July 5, 2023
While advertising campaigns for STD testing is all well and good, it doesn’t really mean anything if Americans aren’t normalized to this aspect of healthcare in the same way we are about cancer testing. You’d think even politicians would be invested in mitigating this epidemic, perhaps putting in as much effort to quell the spread as they did getting people vaccinated for COVID-19. (RELATED: ‘200 People’: Jennifer Coolidge Says ‘MILF’ Role In ‘American Pie’ Was A Great Boon To Her Sex Life)
Yeah, STDs are gross. They’re even a little bit embarrassing. If untreated, STDs can make you infertile, make you go insane and so much worse. The only way to combat this issue is to stop being such prissy little losers and have a frank conversation about sex. Also, maybe stop having unprotected sex with people you’ve just met? Just an idea!
At this point, it is probably on the CDC to normalize getting tested for STDs. It would be great if they actually did that instead of just complaining about it. Parents should also put the absolute fear of God into their children — who will probably have premarital sex, no matter what they say – about getting tested.