Unprotected sex

[natina]

Unchecked superbugs could kill 10 million a year, cost $100 trillion



Drug-resistant superbugs could kill an extra 10 million people a year and cost up to $100 trillion by 2050 if their rampant global spread is not halted, according to a British government-commissioned review.
Such infections already kill hundreds of thousands of people a year and the trend is growing, the review said, adding: "The importance of effective antimicrobial drugs cannot be overplayed."
Former Goldman Sachs chief economist Jim O'Neill, who led the work, noted that in Europe and the United States alone around 50,000 people currently die each year from infections caused by superbug forms of bacteria such as E.coli.
"Unless something is done by 2050, that number could become 10 million people losing their lives each year from then onwards," he told a briefing in London.
Antimicrobials are a class of drugs that includes antibiotics, antivirals, antiparasitics and antifungals.
The review of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is based on analysis by two sets of researchers, RAND and KPMG, estimating the future impact of AMR under different scenarios for six common infections -- three bacterial infections, plus malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.
But it excludes indirect effects of growing drug resistance which could "cast medicine back to the dark ages", the review said, by making routine procedures more dangerous.
The problem posed by infections developing resistance to such drugs has been a feature of medicine since Alexander Fleming's discovery of the first antibiotic, penicillin, in Britain in 1928.
But it has worsened in recent years as multi-drug-resistant bugs have developed and drug companies have reduced investment in an unprofitable field.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/...ion/ar-BBgD1He

[Amalia]

Considering that many men actually have a wife or a girlfriend at home I would think that they would be extra careful about not bringing a nasty souvenir back home. I would also think that these men would prefer to see escorts who they can presume to be clean. After all an escort who is using condoms will most likely be clean while an escort who is not using a condom will most likely have some disease. I have heard of men who are walking away if they are offered unprotected sex but I suppose that these more careful men are maybe not so loud about it and the voice of men wanting unprotected sex is heard more.
I for sure support Natassia in her way of doing it.

[SXFX]

Am i the only guy who loves wearing a condom?
Not only do i last longer but due to the ribs the girls get off harder.
So.....what gives?

[AdaBlackXXX]

OKAY I am back boys and girls and I REALLY need to get something off my chest... Ladies and gentlemen fell free to comment and give opinions on what I have to say as I am leaving it open to discussion.
Lately I have been bad mouthed on blogs because I dont do oral without a condom or receive while escorting. Heres the thing that people dont realize, in the porn movies we are all tested and have our status under control(even then there are the ocassional slips as those in the industry know what I mean) in the normal life WHO KNOWS when was the last time that ANY of you have been tested and GOD ONLY KNOWS how many Escorts genitals have been in your mouth/ass! Its sad that many people are so willing to do oral without a condom, cum in mouth/ bareback sex etc (as i get soo many crazy request) and I think to myself is it that worth it to put your HEALTH in jeopardy just so you can say you had so and so cum in your mouth? 9 out of 10 johns are married and with girlfriends and dont you feel bad about going home and kissing your wife or kids with the spunk of a transsexual ESCORT on your breath(plus the occasional STD)? Im sorry but I think of the future and not only 15 minutes of fun because the trip to the clinic to get antibiotic shots and pills is not my type of thing! Plus there are things that you can get that dont have a cure that would be with you for the rest of your life (HIV, Herpes, Hepatitis ) that scares me enough to not even want to touch a penis without a condom because I want to live a long life and see my nieces and nephews through their lives! WHAT is the big draw to do this throwing out all risks of getting a STD in the throat/ass ( as you can get gonrrhea and chlamydia in your throat) and how would you explain that to your wife or GF???!!! Its sad to see soo many people careless of their health as i was created in the NYC lifestyle where many of the girls who I came out around are not here today to tell their stories and even though i dont know these people I am a human being and have a conscience... Can anybody fill me in on thoughts and ladies feel free also I just want to clear the air and get this off my chest. I myself prefer sex without condoms also but the risks outway the desire and Id rather keep it safe then be a regular at the STD clinic. SMH
Please feel free to elaborate as I am really disturbed by this whole topic.
End note is WRAP IT UP PEOPLE if you dont know who you are sleeping with ( or who they are sleeping with) Do you REALLY think its worth it? Cant wait to see the thoughts and have a great day everyone and Happy Holidays
Love
Natassia
xoxoxoxoxxo

I totally support you 110% DO NOT do oral without a condom. These guys would stick their dicks anywhere. I wouldn't even let a client make out with me.

[Robinhood81]

scary isnt it, the amount of disease you can catch for doing something so natural, even with protection?

personally ive only ever had unprotected sex with my real life girlfriends. ive never slept around or had one night stands ect, ive only been sexual with women in a relationship with me. (aside once with a ladyboy escort when i was single who i had oral sex with only but yes no condom for that oral) i would NEVER have unprotected intercourse with an escort or anyone im not in a loving relationship with. but ive been with an escort once and had unprotected oral sex. if single and offered a BJ randomly id never think of putting a condom on, its just not the same. though saying that, outside of that one escort ive never done anything with anyone who wasnt my girlfriend. and ive not had many girlfriends. im currently with someone now, going well, a year and a half. so my ladyboy loving is restricted to wanking off in secret to TS porn, im not a cheater.

for me, i have issues maintaining erections (viagra has helped me a lot though) which i think are mostly mental rather than physical issues but i have an awfully hard time keeping an erection with a condom on and for oral sex receiving isnt as good and giving is sucking rubber.

i gave and received oral unprotected with the ladyboy escort i was with and it was one of the best experiences of my life, but i dont think then, perhaps even now I was fully appreciative of the risks. if I ever become single again (hope not) and head back to some real life ladyboy escort fun ill have a hard time resisting oral without a condom, the taste and feel of a sexy ladyboy in your mouth is amazing. but the risk, which the more i read the more deadly it seems scare the pants off me.

[natina]

I would suggest covering up even for a blow job (giving or receiving).

IT DANGEROUS OUT THERE especially if you meet people online.
people in the online dating seen tend to have more STD'S

[natina]

U.S. Scientists Discover Powerful New Antibiotic


American scientists have made a major health breakthrough with the discovery of a new type of antibiotic that seems to be even better than existing drugs. And it was found in a pile of soil.

The experimental antibiotic, called teixobactin, is being touted as a “game changer” and is very good news considering the number of infections which have evolved to become resistant to existing antibiotics.

The discovery was made by researchers at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts who outlined their findings in the science journal Nature on Wednesday. It is the first time in 25 years that a major new antibiotic discovery has been made.

http://www.newsweek.com/new-antibiot...nd-dirt-298216

Teixobactin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Antibiotic Pulled From Dirt Ends 25-Year Drug Drought

Scientists have discovered an antibiotic capable of fighting infections that kill hundreds of thousands of people each year, a breakthrough that could lead to the field’s first major new drug in more than a quarter-century.

The experimental drug, which was isolated from a sample of New England dirt, is called teixobactin. It hasn’t yet been tested in people, though it cured all mice infected with antibiotic-resistant staphylococci bacteria that usually kills 90 percent of the animals, according to a study published today in the journal Nature. Bacteria appear to have a particularly difficult time developing resistance to the drug, potentially overcoming a major problem with existing antibiotics.

“It should be used, if it gets successfully developed, as broadly as possible, because it is exceptionally well-protected from resistance development,” said Kim Lewis, one of the study’s authors and a professor at Northeastern University in Boston. Lewis estimated that it may take more than 30 years for bacteria to become resistant to teixobactin. He is also a co-founder of NovoBiotic Pharmaceuticals LLC, which is developing the drug.

Teixobactin strikes multiple targets, including cell walls, said Tanja Schneider, a lead author of the study and professor at the University of Bonn in Germany. Since the lipid structures it attacks don’t evolve as quickly as frequently mutating proteins, it may take the bacteria longer than usual to develop a survival tactic.
Source: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images




While the new drug, teixobactin, hasn’t yet been tested in people, it cured all mice... Read More

‘All Lethal’

“Not only one target is attacked by teixobactin but multiple targets, and they are all lethal,” Schneider said on a conference call with reporters. For bacteria it will be “very hard to modify this target, especially this part of the molecule that’s bound by teixobactin,” she said.



http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-0...y-drought.html

Unchecked superbugs could kill 10 million a year, cost $100 trillion



Drug-resistant superbugs could kill an extra 10 million people a year and cost up to $100 trillion by 2050 if their rampant global spread is not halted, according to a British government-commissioned review.
Such infections already kill hundreds of thousands of people a year and the trend is growing, the review said, adding: "The importance of effective antimicrobial drugs cannot be overplayed."
Former Goldman Sachs chief economist Jim O'Neill, who led the work, noted that in Europe and the United States alone around 50,000 people currently die each year from infections caused by superbug forms of bacteria such as E.coli.
"Unless something is done by 2050, that number could become 10 million people losing their lives each year from then onwards," he told a briefing in London.
Antimicrobials are a class of drugs that includes antibiotics, antivirals, antiparasitics and antifungals.
The review of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is based on analysis by two sets of researchers, RAND and KPMG, estimating the future impact of AMR under different scenarios for six common infections -- three bacterial infections, plus malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.
But it excludes indirect effects of growing drug resistance which could "cast medicine back to the dark ages", the review said, by making routine procedures more dangerous.
The problem posed by infections developing resistance to such drugs has been a feature of medicine since Alexander Fleming's discovery of the first antibiotic, penicillin, in Britain in 1928.
But it has worsened in recent years as multi-drug-resistant bugs have developed and drug companies have reduced investment in an unprofitable field.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/...ion/ar-BBgD1He

[natina]

http://www.oprah.com/health/New-Face...d-AIDS/print/1

These five women sharing the Oprah Show stage have a lot in common. They live in suburban America. They are mothers with successful careers. They also, unknowingly, shared a partner. Each woman, some of whom are in disguise, dated and slept with Philippe Padieu, a man they describe as handsome and charismatic. Unfortunately, he turned out to be very different from the man he claimed to be.

Diane broke up with Philippe when she discovered he was cheating. A few days later, she went to the gynecologist for a routine exam. Her doctor called within days to say that her pap smear showed precancerous cells due to a sexually transmitted disease. Knowing that he had cheated, Diane decided to let the other women know that they too might have an STD. As she went back through his phone records, Diane realized the cheating had been worse than she thought. "He was dating nine other women at the time he was dating me," she says.

One of the women Diane called was Susan. "We compared notes, and some of the time that she'd been seeing him, I had been seeing him," Susan says. "Then she said, 'I have an STD, and I am certain that Philippe gave this to me.'"

After talking to Diane, Susan went to her doctor and got news even worse than she had feared. "I received a phone call after my testing from my doctor and she said, 'You have HIV,'" Susan says.

The next time Diane and Susan spoke, Susan broke the news. "I got a test two days later," Diane says. "My ob-gyn called me and said, 'You're HIV positive.'"

[natina]

Meningitis Kills 3 in LA County

Gay men at increased risk, medical director says

Three gay men in their late 20s have died from a bacterial meningitis in the Los Angeles area so far this year, with another five people having come down with the illness. Four of the cases involved gay men and three were HIV positive, the Los Angeles Times reports; two of those who died were HIV positive. None of the deceased, who died in February or March, had been in direct contact with each other, the AP notes. "I think the important thing to understand is this is not an epidemic," the medical director of the LA Gay and Lesbian Center says. "But there's a pretty strong signal that men who have sex with men, at least those who are HIV positive, are at increased risk for invasive meningococcal disease."

Yesterday's news of the deaths comes almost exactly a year after meningitis—a disease spread by contact with saliva or nose mucus—killed another LA man, and a day after the Department of Public Health urged gay men who are HIV positive, or have multiple partners, to get vaccinated. The county is now offering free vaccinations for those without health insurance. "It's like a bad dream, like a bad deja vu," said a councilman. "Three deaths in three months, it's a lot in one community ... It's a bigger tragedy that they're all young men in their 20s." Of the other five cases, all but one are out of the hospital.

http://www.newser.com/story/184825/m...la-county.html

[natina]

reckless sexual behavior among young white gays

A new study out of Belgium has found that reckless sexual behavior among young white gay men is contributing the the spread of HIV in the UK and Europe. The study out of Ghent University looked at the genetic makeup of the HIV virus in more than 500 newly-diagnosed HIV-positive patients between 2001 and 2009 and found a majority of the group was young, white, male, and gay.

What is wrong with these young white gay males?

For starters, I've been out for almost 10 years and have a considerable number of gay friends across the country, but I don't know a single person who is HIV-positive. It makes the risk seem a lot less real, even reading and reporting on stories like this one every day.

Secondly, those of us born in the '80s and '90s are still young enough to think we're invincible

And safe sex isn't sexy. It takes time, ruins the moment, costs money. They don't use condoms in the movies or on TV, and wrapping it up destroys the moment, especially with someone new. Just like young girls who end up pregnant after having unsafe sex, sometimes you like a guy and he doesn't want to use a condom, or he doesn't have one, and you don't have the strength to put it off. Or maybe you want it as bad as he does. It's no excuse, but it's common.

Not to mention we're generally uneducated. Gays who are active in the community have the benefit of constant AIDS walks and posters telling us to be safe and get tested, but what about people who are closeted, on the down low, or just not active in a gay scene?

When I was growing up my school taught abstinence, not safe sex. The first time I saw a condom when I was a teen I got so nervous I wasn't able to perform. That was years ago and now I use one every time, but it was scary because no one had ever taught me what it was, what it meant, or even what it looked like.

I got my first HIV test at my university's student health center. They drew blood and it took four days to get the results. I just got an HIV test last week, and I had no idea how fast and easy it was. It wasn't awkward, it didn't hurt because it was the swab, and it took less than an hour for the mini counseling session and the results. It was extremely reassuring.