Cases of STDs and worse are at record highs
The Galveston County Daily News, January 18, 2022
Sexually transmitted diseases hit another record high in the United States and among them are chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, increasing for the fifth straight year. In their regular Medical Discovery News column, Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel report that in 2018, there were nearly 2.5 million cases, the highest combined number ever documented. The pandemic is also likely leading people to delay or skip STD testing and treatment, so some may never know they have a gonorrhea infection.