Sexually Transmitted Diseases Are On The Rise In America Leading The CDC To Brand The Increase An Epidemic

Charlie Sheen

On the day Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen announced he is HIV positive, the CDC (Center For Disease Control) in America announced sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are on the rise in the United States, especially among gay men. However, if you are heterosexual, don't take that to mean you can be as promiscuous as you want and maintain your health. You are at risk as well if you engage in certain risky behaviors (promiscuity, sharing drug needles). People in America and around the world need to pay attention to their sexual health. Avoid poor and risky sexual choices.

The Judiciary Report has been stating for the past few years that STD rates are on the rise. Pop culture is apart of the problem, as promiscuity is being promoted in music, films, TV and online by Hollywood, entertainers and athletes. Websites like Ashley Madison, Grindr and Tinder promote promiscuity as well and it is driving up STD rates. People are being ridiculed on social networking for subscribing to the concept of a monogamous relationship. I've been on Twitter and Instagram and observed as people were mocked for wanting to or actually being in decent, faithful relationship.

Just because someone is in a faithful relationship, doesn't mean they are sexually boring or not having fun. Some of the most tame looking people on the outside and very wild behind closed doors. One of my friends and her husband appear very tame on the outside. However, they have a lot of kids and often make sexual jokes at dinner and parties that pretty much reveal they are freaky with each other. However, they are not promiscuous or unfaithful, yet still leading happy, healthy lives.

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CDC: US sexually transmitted disease epidemic worsening

Nov 17, 12:25 PM EST - CHICAGO (AP) -- A U.S. sexually transmitted diseases epidemic is increasing and the most common infection, chlamydia, has risen to record levels, government officials say. Reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis all increased in 2014. Chlamydia cases had dipped in 2013, but last year's total of more than 1.4 million - or 456 cases per 100,000 - was the highest number of annual cases of any condition ever reported to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The chlamydia rate was up almost 3 percent from 2013, the CDC reported Tuesday.

Sexually transmitted diseases are among more than 70 diseases that are reportable to the CDC, including measles, chickenpox and tuberculosis. Flu is reported differently, by hospitalizations. "America's worsening STD epidemic is a clear call for better diagnosis, treatment, and prevention," said the CDC's Dr. Jonathan Mermin.

Gonorrhea cases totaled 350,062, up 5 percent from 2013, and the most contagious forms of syphilis jumped 15 percent to 20,000. As in previous years, the syphilis increase was mainly in gay and bisexual men. Most gonorrhea and chlamydia infections were in 15- to 24-year-olds, an ongoing trend. Both can cause infertility in women but can be treated with antibiotics. They often have no symptoms, and while yearly screening is recommended for sexually active women younger than 25, many don't get tested and infections go untreated, the CDC said.

Online: CDC: http://www.cdc.gov

 

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Social Networking Sites And Apps Such As Grindr And Tinder Are Increasing Spread Of HIV, Herpes And Gonorrhea

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The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has slammed the Tinder and Grindr apps for increasing the sexually transmitted disease rates among the public. People are having random sex with people they find online and getting sick from it. It's not just everyday people who are doing this. Famous people, particularly males, are logging on to Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, sending private messages to women they spot online, then meeting up with them for sex, knowing nothing about them and it is spreading HIV and other STDs.

Some of the women have embarrassed these famous males to their family and fans, via humiliating stories, as well as secretly taken photos and videos. Many of the women save salacious screenshots of the private messages, DMs and texts from famous males for later use, such as paid tell-alls and or blackmail. 

Gay app Grindr

Some people are letting their imaginations run away with them, as though reality is suspended because they are online. They see people on social networking sites, start having these fantasies, decide to meet up with them for dates and sex, then end up in trouble and sick (condoms do fail and according to stats 36% of the time). It is a dangerous practice.

If you log on and spend your time with your mind swimming in filth, following questionable porn pages, letting woman after woman turn your head, sending sexually debauched private messages and nudes, you are begging for trouble and the destruction of all you have worked for. Is promiscuous sex worth getting HIV, losing your health and most likely your career.

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Dating Apps Like Tinder And Grindr Come Under Fire On New Billboard Suggesting They Promote STDs

September 27, 2015 11:00 PM - LOS ANGLES (CBSLA.com) — A new billboard has lots of folks in Los Angeles buzzing about sex, safe sex, online hookups and apps. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is taking the popular online dating apps Tinder and Grindr to task — suggesting their users are more susceptible to STD’s like chlamydia and gonorrhea.

One of the billboard’s is strategically placed — KCAL9’s Jennifer Kastner said the billboard is a few blocks from Tinder’s Beverly Boulevard headquarters. Tinder could hardly miss the sign. The billboards are also accusing the sites of promoting a hook up culture. “I saw it and I was like yep, that’s what it is now,” says Rachel Cross who said she was an early Tinder user.

“Tinder’s great for meeting people that just want to have sex,” said a man name Nick. Tinder is reportedly fighting back. They allegedly sent a cease and desist letter to the AHF. West Hollywood’s John Demille was diagnosed with AIDS several years ago. “I live with AIDS,” he says. Demille is all in favor of the billboards. “I think the AIDS Healthcare Foundation has to do what they have to do to keep all young people safe that are doing these new apps now,” Demille said.

The foundation claims more people are getting STDs because more people are using these apps — the senior director even saying they make casual sex as easy as ordering a pizza. “Some of the people that message me don’t want to be safe,” says Grindr user Brandon Wild, “but that’s in me to be safe.” Kastner reached out to both Tinder and Grindr for an official response, but has not heard back.

 

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