U.S. cities with the highest STD rates. Congrats to Detroit.

nature.com. The Trump administration is increasing the spread of H.I.V.

It’s really unnecessary. Pretty much everything is curable and spread can be stopped with regular testing. Even HIV shouldn’t spread if medication is taken properly and high risk individuals which include a lot of us honestly can take PREP so they pretty much do t have to worry about HIV.

It’s ridiculous how high STD rates are and sexual practices don’t really need to be changed to reduce those rates. In Europe STD rates aren’t nearly as high but they have better healthcare and are more practical about the issue.

I’m not saying you don’t have to worry about it. I’m saying there is medication to stop transmission of it. Vitally suppressed people don’t spread it and there is medication that protects you from contracting it if your habits are risky.

So AIDS shouldn’t be something we have to worry about if we managed risk in the population but as it is we definitely have to be concerned.

This thread just proves how uniformed (or stupid) Icee is. For a straight male, not doing stupid stuff like IV drugs or failing to use a condom, the chances of dying from AIDS in 2025 is virtually statistically insignificant. Getting killed in an automobile accident driving to the strip is at least 50 times greater.

After hearing about how some Florida doctors handle STD reporting, I am somewhat skeptical about the accuracy and completeness of the CDC numbers.

I've been told from reliable sources that Florida doctors will go to great lengths to diagnose a suspected STD as something else when they can. For example, STD-related throat and eye infections suddenly become strep throat or pink eye or, my favorite, "unspecified throat infection." They just don't want to deal with the extra paperwork, which includes identifying the infected to the state department of health. The treatments are basically the same anyway, so no harm no foul.

This really makes me wonder how accurate our STD reporting data actually is. I suspect not very.

Here is the form that medical practitioners must complete for a variety of diseases, including STIs.

I meant Florida medical practitioners.