Catching std off TS has put me off TS..should it?

[Kojak]

there is an outbreak of syphillis in London.
a detailed report has been publiced by the uk government.

https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...lis_report.pdf

the idea puts me off entirely and is a wake up call for using condoms also on oral sex. that implies no french kissing either i imagine.

[Laphroaig]

Reading the summary page and skimming the rest, there's a few key points. Can't seem to be able to cut and paste properly because of the formatting of the pdf, but:

Since the late 1990s, there has been a sustained increase in the numbers of syphilis cases in England. Several outbreaks have been reported across England, the majority among men
who have sex with men (MSM) although smaller outbreaks among heterosexuals have also been reported.

Men who have sex with men (MSM) in London are disproportionately affected by
syphilis and this is worsening.

in 2015, 2,406 syphilis cases were diagnosed in MSM in London.

MSM accounted for 90% of syphilis cases in 2015.

from 2010 to 2015, the number of syphilis diagnoses in MSM increased from 724 to 2,406 (232% increase), with an increase of 18% from 2014 to 2015 alone.

and importantly, this

Diagnoses of syphilis in heterosexuals in London have been stable though continue to
be higher than we would like with effective preventive measures in place.

Doesn't seem to be too much to worry about for us TS lovers, yet.

On a related note, the "untreatable gonorrhoea" story reported last year seems to have come to little.

http://www.hungangels.com/vboard/sho...me-untreatable

[CoolAwesomeBXDude]

Re: Catching std off TS has put me off TS..should it?


to answer that ?? no


if yes then u might wanna reconsider rondevous with ggs; some also may have a std

[holzz]

if one uses protection, not really. no concrepction is 100% effective, but then surely now, like decades after AIDS emerged, and with plenty of info available online or in books about STDs, people know not to mix body fluids.... i think, as an unpopular opinion, people who go bareback with strangers should be imprisoned, why spread disease like that?