https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/astronomical-syphilis-outbreak-hitting-newfoundland-homosexuals HYPERLINK has full story snip The health care authority of eastern Newfoundland is warning the public of a significant increase in the numbers of infectious syphilis cases among homosexual men in the most populous region of the province................................................ The health authority said that the majority of the syphilis cases have been diagnosed in homosexual men between the ages of 20 and 49. Of even greater concern is that 10 of these men were found to also have an HIV infection.......................................................... Part of the concern is that this could get into the heterosexual population and become more widespread, Allison said, adding that this could result in infants being infected with congenital syphilis, which can cause birth defects or stillbirth. first, if you've never been to Newfoundland, I encourage you to add it to your list. It is God's country and magnificent now to the comment One would think given all the public service announcements and awareness that we would see drops in sexually transmitted diseases, not increases. Do you think the current push to normalize homosexual-sex has any contributing factor where homsoexuals are taking less precaution during theur sexual hijinks? THe only postiive thing from this is that homosexuals cannot procreate among themselves so birth defects of babies are not a concern at the present time. What do you think can be done to impress upon homosexuals to be safe and take precautions?
Under 15 cases this year is "astronomical" ? hyperbole - noun - exaggerated statements or claims not to be taken literally. Cause for concern, yes. Astronomical, no.
Eastern Health is reporting an outbreak of syphilis in eastern Newfoundland, with 15 cases confirmed so far this year. That is a lot of syphilis but astronomical? Really> So what did you do there? but they haven't for over a decade. No because the facts say differently. For over a decade numbers have been going up all over Canada. What is more likely the cause the lack of quality sexuality education and the continued effort of homosexuals to be forced into the closet so sex is more about hook ups than pick ups. . Except a number of the cases are of men in heterosexual marriages who cheat with men, because they are homosexual but someone tells them if they get married they can choose to be heterosexual, then, every so often, they need to homosexual encounter to feel alive. Allow homosexuals to marry the person they are attracted to, make anti-gay bigotry something that is so socially unacceptable that gays can freely discuss their sexuality as heterosexuals, and embrace the fact that being gay is normal and not something dirty that should be hidden. It is easy.
On the contrary, I think the on-going push to demonise homosexuality is a major issue. As long as homosexuals are encouraged to keep their orientation an embarrassing secret, something that should be denied and fixed and as long as they are actively discouraged from forming long-term stable relationships, promoting safer sexual practices will remain much more difficult.
MOD EDIT - Off Topic So, people who disagree with the homosexual agenda are the cause for homosexuals not taking precautions? I'd love to hear how you arrived at that conclusion.
Except that the special treatment homosexuals received from the usual methods used by the CDC during the AIDS epidemic achieved the exact opposite of that; it spread much faster as a result, and of course far more homosexuals died because of that policy. People with mental disorders rarely make sane, common sense decisions. Many of the older activists have reversed their positions and are now apologetic about their mindless promotion of self-indulgence at the expense of human life, except for the more sociopathic 'activists', anyway. In any case, when such a small demographic of people routinely make the top of the list for all kinds of transmittable diseases like HIV, syphilis, antibiotic resistant staph infections, then they are a public health menace as a demographic and it's absurd to grant them special status and exemptions from the regular methods of disease control that are known to work just to keep from offending PC fashion victims with no sense whatsoever.
I didn't arrive at that conclusion, those are your words, not mine. The only "homosexual agenda" is for them not to be demonised for their sexual orientation (which isn't the same as specific sexual acts). Discrimination against homosexuals (as with anyone else) will discourage many from coming forwards and openly speaking in the contexts where things like safer sexual practices can be discussed (doctors, sex-education lessons etc.). Also, people in stable long-term relationships will generally practice safer sex and so policies and actions actively seeking to discourage such relationships between homosexuals (banning or refusal to formally recognise same-sex marriages for example) will likely be counter-productive in this area. This will be far from the only factor involved and there are all sorts of difficulties and barriers regarding safe sex messages in general terms but it stands in contrast to your proposal that "normalizing homosexual-sex" is relevant.
Joe, nobody denies homosexuals from sharing a bed. Also, information about safe sex is everywhere and is denied to none. I believe that you are looking to relieve homosexuals of personal responsibility and that is insulting to them to the very core. Choosing to engage in gay sex does not diminish the ability of one to be able to read or comprehend. Something is going on that they are not taking precautions and it's not common-sense people who are causing that.
Yes, that's pretty much it. If any feel like bothering, you can find a couple of Dutch national mental health surveys out there on the net somewhere, I can't my links to them at the moment, and their stats clearly show homosexuals to suffer several mental health problems at rates far higher than heterosexuals do, and of course with the Netherlands being the most 'gay friendly' country and culture on the planet it can't be blamed on the baseless rubric of 'oppression' and 'bigotry' as a lame and unsupportable premise for their dysfunctional problems. These studies have the advantage of not being homosexual specific surveys and are thus the stats not likely to be skewed by pat PC answers and leading questions.
Some people would if they could (someone's just proposed executing them after all!). Even so though, that's part of the problem - you're not denying them sharing a bed, you're denying them sharing formal relationships. Do you not accept that, regardless of sexuality, sex outside stable relationships will tend to involve more risky behaviour? Not at all. I think everyone has personal responsibility but I also think everyone is stupid (especially when sex is involved). If safe sex were easy, it wouldn't be an issue anywhere. The fact is homosexuals and heterosexuals, young and old are all commonly ignoring all the messages that are clearly out there and available. People in general need much more of a push on this kind of thing and it's in that where the demonisation of homosexuality and homosexuals can present an additional barrier.
Joe, I don't need the govt or a piece of paper to "bless" any relationship I had. You are again making excuses. You are in essence saying that the mean and nasty Christians are why a homosexual won't wear a condom........................really????? And yes, many times I did my thinking with my small head but, I never went out in the rain without a hat. It was a while before my future wife experienced me without my hat. It's called common-sense and just because you choose gay sex does not make one immune from exercising common sense
Only one thing can be done. Take all the panic statements about Ebola. Do a global replace of Ebola with Syphilis. Set your hair on fire. Run around screaming and roaring. Blame Obama. By the way, the 2014 World Almanac and Book of Facts gives the 2012 population of Newfoundland and Labrador as 512,659. Divide 15 by 512,659 and you will get .0000292. Move the decimal point two spaces to the right and you find that the number of infectious syphilis cases equals .00292% of the population, at least according to my calculator. Just thought I'd mention it.
A lot of gay men are fatalist from early on and without a doubt the way they perceive their situation in relation to society can be a driver of that. There is nothing in your post^^ that is not true, but the same is true for heterosexuals. Why do you feel a need to condemn the behaviors in one sexual orientation and not the other(s)?
