Pandemic 2.0?
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Actually it's been massively increasing in the older age groups.
Sexually transmitted infections are increasing among older people, charity finds
'Public health messages around sexual health need to recognise the reality that sex is a part of many people’s later lives'
www.independent.co.uk
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Anal sex is de-rigeur now even in straight couples of all age groups. It's actually super popular now.
In the 80/90s as you say we only associated that as a "gay" thing.
I think we got it scared out of us as kids/teens.
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You said you can't call Black people black in America
This is just wrong.
You've now decided to pivot the argument I was making
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Well my point still stands. They prefer the term "African American" in their census forms and when you here professionals talk that's what they say.
Sure on the streets of NY or San Fran they'll probably say black but it seems a bit of a "is that the right thing to say?" behaviour. The point I was making was in answer to the "men who have sex with men". What was wrong with just gay men?" Comment that @Zatoichi.uK made is that the US is fond of political correctness to an extreme.
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A lot of black people don't prefer the term 'African American' because they feel it separates them from 'other' Americans and many have no real connection to Africa
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I agree. It's generally the white folk trying to appease something that doesn't need to be appeased.
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Same with Latin X and other such nonsense.
Dare I say it, but the scope for women to spread it around multiple people while infectious is probably less.
older age groups have always had an issue with sexually transmitted diseases/infections.
it's not the diseases people wear protection for, it's the fact they can get pregnant
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From what I understand basically prolonged contact with either the infected person or something they'vw had prolonged contact with is enough. So yes just visiting a sauna could do it, if for example you sat where the infected person did, or used towels etc that had not been cleaned sufficiently (potentially sitting in the same seat on a train could do it)Apparently you can also contract it by simply visiting 'a sauna'.
Cheshire Oaks waiter almost collapsed serving customers after catching monkeypox
The waiter says he started to notice spots appearing on his body 30 minutes after starting his shiftwww.stokesentinel.co.uk
This is nothing new, smallpox (closely related we enough for it's vaccine to work) could be spread by contaminated bedding and clothing.
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Arguably folk have become more cautious over the years, in certainly wasn't in my younger years at high school and uni, but it's a bit of a sheltered view to now assume only gay people have unprotected sex with multiple partners when the reality is that it's fairly common amongst all genders and orientations.
Not quite, (large) droplets and contact with skin lesions are known to spread it, it's hypothesised that you might also catch it from fomites on surfaces, linens etc..so it seems more like maybe you'd get it in the sauna if you rubbed against some of their pox and/or perhaps more likely had some sort of wound/scratch yourself coming into contact with them otherwise you'd be super unlucky to catch it.
Or indeed if they're talking to you and cough in your face though in that latter case; saliva, large droplets, why isn't is spreading among promiscuous hetero people who've been going to clubs and making out all summer? It seems like it's still relatively hard to catch that way yet bi guys should have transferred it across if it were easily spread? Maybe it's too early and that will still be a risk? Maybe after some mutation it will more easily spread that way? So far not much to suggest that though.
Having actual skin lesions on your genitalia (and also the currently unknown possibility of it being transmitted via semen) and anal sex being high risk for infection -> 98% of cases being promiscuous gay and bisexual men so far would seem to indicate that the other methods of infection are rather lower risk in comparison.
Interestingly for monkeypox though the median age is 37.
Kinda in line with the STDs too - for hetero men it peaks in the 20-24 age bracket and the 2nd highest is the 15-19 bracket.
For homo men it peaks in the 25-34 bracket and the 2nd highest is the 35 - 44 bracket.
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God Almighty, the figures for the homosexuals, and they're promoting it in schools.... bring back Section 28, pronto.
I imagine there was someone between him and the sauna bench in this story!