Health & Fitness – More than 1 million cases of chlamydia were reported in the United States last year, the most ever reported for a sexually transmitted disease, federal health officials said Tuesday. The count broke the single-year record for reported cases of a sexually transmitted disease, which was 1,013,436 cases of gonorrhea, set in 1978.
Since when do people especially teenagers ever care about abstinence.
Maybe you could get them to care about it by writing about it on the back of a condom.
Compromise.
I want to see a breakdown of those numbers by party affiliation! No doubt the gop would have it quashed for National Security reasons!
This is a stupid comment. It's apolitical!
Perhaps a big reason for the problem is lack of health care compared to other Industrial countries. It might even be a reason for selfish bigots to be able to see a reason why other people should have access to a Doctor. Who knows what you might pick up in a public bathroom.
So many issues that should be apolitical, freedom, democracy, healthcare, children, torture,.... it is a huge list. I long for the days when they can be apolitical again.
I would be interested in seeing the state by state breakdown of these statistics and compared to say which states pump the most funding for abstinence only/faith based programs. Sadly after "using the google" ive still had no luck finding anything like it.
Some info, though not enough:
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/america/statistics...
more info:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/s...
I'll find more.
I wasn't sure if chlamydia was a bacteria or a virus so I looked it up on wikipedia. It is indeed a bacteria, thus preventable with antibiotics - probably the reasons for all the jokes about "Do you have your penicillin?" in reference to 70s STD education programs.
An interesting tidbit:
"Of equal importance, chlamydia infection of the eye is the most common cause of preventable blindness in the world. Blindness occurs as a complication of trachoma (chlamydia conjunctivitis)."
eek.
Not preventable, treatable. Thus the only ways to avoid getting it are either to not have sex (hmmm, that doesn't seem to be working) or to ensure that you are protected with some sort of barrier device. I wonder if they make such a device?
You're right. Ick, indeed on the eye chlamydia. Yikes.
So that would mean er um, well you know, is actually very dangerous and can make you blind if the party has chlamydia?
Plexiglass maybe?
Are you being honest here? Are you that sheltered? not insulting just asking for real.
That was a statement made as a microbiologist working in one of the largest medical microbiology laboratories in the United States. Babies born vaginally to mothers infected with Chlamydia, Gonorrhea or Herpes can get those infections in their eyes on the way out of the birth canal. That is one reason prenatal care is so important, and in my state Gonorrhea and Chlamydia testing of pregnant women is required by law. The rates are higher in areas of depressed socio-economical standing. It's also the reason babies eyes are treated with antibiotic ointment shortly after birth.
I agree 100% neophile - thanks for the heads up. I guess those abstinence only programs really work well don't they? Yes, these abstinence only/faith based programs do a lot of good don't they? Parents tell the kids don't have sex, wait. Some don't want to wait so they use no protection and wind up with STDs, unwanted pregnancies, AIDS. Way to go abstinence only programs! How many unwanted pregnancies do you want and how many STDs do you want before you understand abstinence only is NOT the way to go? Hello?!
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What a promiscuious* lot we are.
Glad i wasn't in the head count though!!
I'm sure every parent would love it if their children would wait on sex,having it under all the 'right' conditions. If a parent isn't realistic,doesn't care or is naive, just keep on with that abstinence idea and you might be in for a rude awakening. It's ok to try and let your kids know about what morals they should be expected to follow, but that should be taught along with real protection. It's not a go ahead and have sex, it's more like bottom line 'I don't want you having sex' BUT if something should happen, PLEASE
PLEASE for your own sake, your partners sake,and our sakes...here are the methods of protection, it's a must you use protection. You have a much better chance protecting your child with education of protection then you do by just saying 'NO don't have sex', that's virtually no protection.
Very true lvr!
When you're a teenager peer pressure is a powerful force.
That and their hormones, seems kids today are maturing faster physically, their brains aren't caught up with their bodies. And I'm not in any way saying they are stupid, it's just biology. Sure glad someone instructed me on birth control and protecting myself from STDs when I was a teen, my naive parents didn't do it, I'm not saying they were bad parents, just naive. In this day and age tho...well...come on, all the education, tools and information is out there, parents need to use everything they can to protect their kids.
My parents told me nothing about sex. Thank goodness though for birth control - spared me from an unwanted pregnancy and a decision that would change my life forever. I would not have had an abortion if I had become pregnant though - but I would not judge any woman if she chose to do so. That is a decision she has to live with for the rest of her life. Agreed lvrofwolves - any parent would would want their child to wait but why should they be punished for being victims of their hormones and their biology? They should wait but why not arm them with proper means of birth control and barriers to STDs? You're right - no sex is not protection - that is very unrealistic. Sex is natural and hormones are a way to keep the species alive!
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If only all of those millions of people were taught about how super-cool abstinence is.
/end sarcasm
At least the US is still able to lead in manufacturing in one area.
Let's celebrate. No, not THAT way!!!
Don't give me no lines and keep your hands to yourself.
The Georgia Satellites. Nice.
Chlamydia? Don't you make chowder out of those things?
Don't eat in that restaurant Teech.
Jaydee40: Appropiate. LOL
Woo Hoo! We're #1!
People keep forgetting that not that long ago. Kids these ages were getting married and having families. The urge at the young ages is natural. Not saying it is OK to indulge in unsafe sex. Just understand that the urge is there. Just wish these kids understood how devastatng the choices are. It is up to the parents to educate the young men and women to use propper thinking. If you are going to indulge be safe. I mean really at that age ones decisions are being made outside of the parental scope of control.