Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/-vMbpu34c_M   Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia cases have spiked.  The CDC warns that the big 3 sexually transmitted diseases have reached an all time high.   In one year, between 2017 and 2018, syphilis cases increased 35% overall to 115,000 cases, the highest number in 27 years.  Worse, there was a 40% jump in newborn syphilis.   Gonorrhea increased 5% to more than a half million cases, the most in 27 years.  Chlamydia only increased 3%, but there were 1.7 million cases, the largest number ever reported in a single year.   The reasons: poverty, lack of access to health care, decreased condom use, and public health program cuts.  The solution: vote in politicians who care about us and will redirect dollars to the nation’s health.   https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/2019/2018-STD-surveillance-report-press-release.html   #STDs #syphilis gonorrhea #chlamydia