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Never do a Google search for “syphilis.” Seriously.
Seeing as how most of the current CW staff has some sort of tie to Houston, and being the good wingmen (and women) that we are, we figured we’d give our friends a heads up. We’re being informed that the number of reported new syphilis cases in the Houston area increased almost 50 percent from last year.
“We’re on target to more than double our number of cases from last year to this year,” said Marlene McNeese-Ward, the department’s chief of HIV/STD and Viral Hepatitis Prevention.
It looks like most of the new “French disease” cases involve gay males, many of them identifying themselves as Hispanic and African-American men, with a handful of cases resulting from unprotected sex in exchange for drugs or money, so be extra careful of Floridian statesmen. Another reason cited for the increase? The Internet. Missed Connections should stay missed for a reason. In this case, syphilis.
Also, in probably the most amazing of revelations from the whole story is that Al Capone supposedly died from syphilis. You learn something new every day, folks.
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Houston targets syphilis increase Houston Chronicle
