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There’s a little-known sexually transmitted disease (STD) that’s on the rise – and could soon become a very big problem.
Sexual health experts warn that Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) has the potential to become a drug-resistant superbug within a matter of years.
Research by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) found that over 70 percent of sexual health experts said that if current practices do not change, MG will become resistant to first and second line antibiotics within a decade. Left unchecked, they say this could result in thousands of women each year at increased risk of infertility from pelvic inflammatory disease caused by MG.
As a result of these daunting statistics, BASHH have just released draft guidelines to help the public and health services deal with this impending crisis.
“MG is rapidly becoming the new superbug: it’s increasingly resistant to most of the antibiotics we use to treat chlamydia and changes its pattern of resistance during treatment so it's like trying to hit a moving target,” Dr Peter Greenhouse, sexual health consultant from the UK, said in a statement.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @06:53PM (8 children)
big accident, i'm sure.
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Tuesday July 17 2018, @02:06AM
Infertility a pretty common outcome of a lot of untreated STDs.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Tuesday July 17 2018, @02:21AM (6 children)
So is that it? Infertility? It isn't like there are any restraints on population growth and so from an ecological perspective, I'm rooting for MG.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @02:31PM (5 children)
Since you're wishing people suffer a disease with permanent ill effects in the name of population reduction, in the interest of consistency, please don't go to the doctor if you are seriously ill. One less is one less as far as Mother Earth is concerned.
(Score: 3, Touché) by hemocyanin on Wednesday July 18 2018, @03:07AM (4 children)
Save it breeder. I'm intentionally child-free. I could burn barrels of diesel in my yard until I die and come out better than you in the carbon balance.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 18 2018, @03:34PM (3 children)
This is your self-centered perspective at work, blinding you to the obvious.
YOU are on the earth, impacting it just like any other person whom you would deny to come into the world. You're not special--just another drain on the ecosystem, and one who lives a Western lifestyle of comfort and higher environmental impact, actually. You will also do whatever to extend your life, thus maximizing your impact on the planet. You're a self-centered hypocrite. Everything for yourself, but nobody else deserves it.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Wednesday July 18 2018, @06:59PM (2 children)
If you are a breeder, your carbon impact goes on exponentially forever. My impact is limited to my lifetime. I am better than you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @02:24AM (1 child)
No, you're just bitter.
I'd say get a dog to keep you company, but that would just add to your carbon footprint.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Friday July 20 2018, @12:09AM
I have a cat. Cats are better.