Not directly addressed in the article and I may not want to know the answer but curiosity compels me to ask why.
Relationship Between Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacterales and Obesity in Older Adults There are studies out that show antibiotic resistance associated with Obesity. Same logic with COVID, your immunity is lessened with fatness, so it make sense that bacteria would take advantage. What I find interesting from the study is, direct quote: "obesity was independently associated with 1.92 times higher odds of gram-negative MDR bacteria on culture. The association of obesity and gram-negative MDR bacteria did not significantly vary by diabetes status." So basically just being obese is associated with drug resistant bacteria, and since over 40% of the population is obese, we are living on borrowed time before these drugs will not work anymore.
Can we keep calling them STD's, for cripe's sake? Do half of all government employees have justifying their own existence with endless, stupid, meaningless acronym changes as their job description?
I know plenty of folks that say he was exactly as advertised. Good guys are always subject to rumors.... Sadly.
IOW: "Why change my conclusions or opinions when I can just tweak my interpretation of certain facts so that my conclusion still works in my own mind?" No matter how much you keep practicing, I don't think anyone issues gold medals for mental gymnastics.
My understanding is that the most risky sex is men having sex with men and after that, heterosexual sex. Lesbian sex seems to be the least risky. Yet another example of men being most of the problem.
I don't think the conclusion here is far off from what I was driving at in the OP. There are certainly dots to connect here. This idea that this is a "Move along, nothing to see here with respect to the consequences of our sexual ethics" type of conclusion is putting your head in the sand. This is a statement from one of the links I posted up thread: Why is syphilis on the rise in the U.S. now? The syphilis rates in the U.S. started going up in 2000 and have not stopped. Initially, this increase was mainly among men who have sex with men. Today, we have parallel epidemics in two sexual networks: one in MSM, and one among heterosexuals, which has been linked to drug use. The rise of syphilis cases among women is now surpassing the rise among men. So, the idea that there is an epidemic among the male homosexual population is still a completely valid conclusion. It says this, and acknowledges this conclusion right there. What I was wrong about is how far back that epidemic in the homosexual male population goes. The length and the duration of the epidemic in the homosexual population goes back further than Obergefell. It predates Obergefell by 10-15 years. So, we are really dealing with a 24 year time horizon rather than a 10 year time horizon. This has been an epidemic in the homosexual population for longer than I originally thought, not shorter. And male homosexuals are still the group that is most disproportionately affected by this epidemic. So, per capita they contribute the most to the problem even with the recent explosion in syphilis cases in the heterosexual population and their drug use. The connection between the S in STDs and STDs is still right there to be connected. There are just more dots to be connected in the life style choices of heterosexuals alongside the male homosexuals with respect to the number of sexual partners they have . All of these are sinful lifestyle choices. All of these things are preventable with different life style choices.
Careful there doc! If we all did an honest cost/benefit analysis of our time spent on this board, the forum would be closed.
That was my point. I haven't seen much evidence on this board that new information ever makes you reconsider your conclusion. You are very good at shaving the corners of the square peg until you can fit it in your opinion's round hole. You: "STDs are an epidemic, and gay men being allowed to marry is to blame." Data shows that STD rates among homosexual males have been on the decline since gay marriage was protected via Obergfell. You: "Ah, I see. Gay men being to blame for rising STD rates goes even beyond Obergfell. Clearly we should not have protected their sinful life choices."