Posts Tagged ‘American STD Cases Rise To Record High’

Hollywood Is Busy Promoting Promiscuity to the World—Almost Every Movie, Every Television Show Is Focused on Sex. The Saying Goes, ‘Sex Sells and Sin Kills…. Health officials are voicing serious concern after it emerged that the U.S. is experiencing a significant spike in sexually transmitted diseases. As Statista’s Niall McCarthy notes, 2.4 million cases of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis combined were recorded in 2018, an all-time high. The data was part of the Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report which was published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. The scale of the problem can be seen by the pace of new infections documented since 2014. Chlamydia went up 19 percent, gonorrhea rose 63 percent, primary and secondary syphilis grew 71 percent while congenital syphilis soared 185 percent. Numerous factors are being blamed for the increase, particularly funding cuts for local health departments that have caused staff…