Internet Blamed in Spread of Syphilis Among Gays

[directfiesta]

Fucking Internet!!!!

Responsible for all the sins and evils of the world. ....

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Internet has played a significant role in the latest increase in cases of syphilis among gay men by introducing partners more likely to practice high-risk sex, according to a study released on Wednesday.

About 22 percent of homosexual men diagnosed with early stage syphilis reported meeting one or more of their sexual partners through the Internet around the time they were infected, said the study by the Los Angeles Health Department.

Researchers at a national conference in Philadelphia on the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases also said they found gays who used the Web to meet sex partners were almost four times as likely to have anonymous sex than non-Internet users. They were also more than twice as likely to use injected drugs as those who found partners more traditionally.

Of gay men who met their partners online, 67 percent were HIV positive, according to the study.

"The Internet is an important venue for conducting STD/HIV prevention and control," said Dr. Getahun Aynalem, an author of the Los Angeles Health Department study.

"Potential public health prevention and control efforts should include interventions like online outreach."

The Internet was one of a number of factors contributing to the rise in syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases among gay men, Aynalem said. Other contributors included the increasing use of the recreational drug crystal methamphetamine and the erectile dysfunction medication Viagra.

Nationally, the incidence of reported syphilis has increased by 18 percent in the last three years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For male homosexuals it has multiplied 12-fold.

Between 1999 and 2003, the proportion of all U.S. syphilis cases among gay men jumped to 60 percent from 5 percent.

The Los Angeles research found that men who went online to find sex partners were more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than those who found partners elsewhere. For example, of those who said they were the dominant partner in anal sex, 91 percent were Internet users compared with 80 percent who were non-browsers.

The Web can also help control the spread of STDs, researchers said. Online, partners can be notified of a person's sexual history and chat rooms where health counselors can discuss STD prevention and control can be set up.

[baddog]

another computer virus?

[Veterans Day]

homos

[iwantchixx]

The internet didn't MAKE them fuck like concubines in the ass all night did it? Sounds to me like a gearbox wrote the article to find a blame for his own case of the cooties.

If it wasen't the internet they'd be finding other ways to find partners. Clubs, circle jerk parties, etc etc. They just gotta stop pounding shit holes if they want to stay clean. Abstinence,... it works for straighties.. it can work for them too.

[Strife]

you can blame everything bad that happens in the world on the internet...it's the devil's tool of choice in the 21st century don't ya know

[directfiesta]

Originally posted by iwantchixx
Clubs, circle jerk parties, etc etc.

GLORY HOLES

[Steve W]

Originally posted by directfiesta



GLORY HOLES

reminds me... I havbe a subscription to gloryhole.com. Great site

[Veterans Day]

Originally posted by iwantchixx
The internet didn't MAKE them fuck like concubines in the ass all night did it? Sounds to me like a gearbox wrote the article to find a blame for his own case of the cooties.

If it wasen't the internet they'd be finding other ways to find partners. Clubs, circle jerk parties, etc etc. They just gotta stop pounding shit holes if they want to stay clean. Abstinence,... it works for straighties.. it can work for them too.

it is used as an avenue many may not have confronted their liking for da cock if not for aol

[iwantchixx]

Originally posted by Veterans Day
it is used as an avenue many may not have confronted their liking for da cock if not for aol

Well, you'd have to be gay to use AOL.

[Veterans Day]

Originally posted by iwantchixx



Well, you'd have to be gay to use AOL.

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[C-Bass]

Blame Canada

[iwantchixx]

Originally posted by Veterans Day
msn,earthlink take your pick man, you know what im sayin jerky

MSN is more like 15 year old kids prentending to be lesbian chicks thinking they will get laid that way. Earthlink are people who think that just because they know how to type "LOL" that they are automaticaly entitled to some internet pussy.