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Sexually transmitted stomach bug reaches over 70 cases in Kansas (www.ksnt.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/kansas
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[–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Science doesn't give a fuck - anal sex = higher risk of STIs/STDs.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Yet it's most common in children 5 and under

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    STIs can be passed from mother to infant during childbirth, drastically raising their odds of mortality in postnatal care. Not to mention, it sounds like it transmits via fecal-oral route as well, meaning that it's going to be hell in a daycare as well.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Great so we just shouldn't warn gay people when they're a high risk group.

    Very progressive of you.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Labelling shigella an std/sti is and has been a homophobic dog whistle. The medical community doesn't call it that. It's transmissible but sex is not the primary mode of transmission on top of it being a gut infection and traditionally known as a food-borne illness.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago*

    Just because it isn't primarily transferred through sex does not mean that gay men aren't disproportionately affected. Amongst adults, gay men are the most likely to be affected by shigella. Children being grimey little petri dishes doesn't change that fact.

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