Talk about ironic timing. I just finished completing the STD CEU’s (Continuing Education Units) for one of my licenses when a reader wrote in about STD’s.
In my studies, I read about and saw pictures of infections that I wish I could unsee. Although the topic is unsavory, it’s something required every other year for me.
I’ve learned more about STD’s than I’m comfortable with. Things like how the infection occurs, who gets infected and ways of dealing with them.
The reader wanted to know about STD’s and wife swapping. I suppose they want to know about the danger of contracting a sexually transmitted disease from wife swapping (i.e. swinging).
If you ask the ‘experts’ at the CDC, you’ll hear answers about how cuts to funding and programs along with poverty and limited condom use is what’s behind the rise in STD’s.
In my mind, the rise comes from people sleeping around. It’s one of the effects of having a society obsessed with sex. Sex for entertainment, for recreation, and for selling just about any product.
If you believe the CDC excuses, then giving people money, education, condoms and housing will fix the problem. In my mind, reducing STD’s and their threat will come from self-discipline and just saying ‘no’ to straying.
The CDC also reports that 20,000,000 people now have STD’s in the United States. They go further and break the numbers down by the various viruses and infections.
To put it in perspective, the number of positive COVID cases is 1/20th of the number of those with STD’s. In other words, the STD threat is 20 times greater than COVID.
When you’re faced with numbers that large, you have to consider whether you want to take the risk. With that many cases, the risk is real.
Presently efforts are underway encouraging people to wear masks in slowing the spreading of COVID. Imagine if similar efforts were underway in reducing STD’s.
I doubt that STD’s will ever receive that kind of attention, even though it poses a greater threat.
Although medications and treatment for STD’s are available, many of the those infected are unaware of their being infected. They may expose you to things even they are unaware of.
Although the STD threat is real, it hasn’t stopped affairs or swinging. It’s hard denying an affair when you come home with a STD.
The threat is real enough that as a spouse, you’ll want to insist that your spouse be tested on finding out about the affair and every few months after BEFORE you resume relations with them.
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Keeping It Real,
Jeff
