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YEAR.
CALIFORNIA IS SEEING AN
ALARMING SURGE IN THE NUMBER OF
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
AND SOCIAL MEDIA MAY BE PLAYING
A ROLE.
CLAIRE DOAN TELLS US THE
POSSIBLE REASONS FOR THE RISE
AND THE GROUP THAT IS MOST
IMPACTED.
STD'S ARE PREVENTABLE BUT
THEY ARE ALSO ON THE RISE AMONG
CALIFORNIANS.
FROM 2012
UNTIL 2013, THE NUMBER
OF GONORRHEA CASES JUMPED 13%
MORE THE RATE OF SYPHILIS SHOT
UP 18%.
BREAKING BARRIERS PUSHES FOR ***
TESTING A LONG ASH AMONG THE
--
AMONG THE LGBT COMMUNITY.
TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF GETTING TESTED.
INCREASED ACCESS TO CARE AS
WELL AS IMPROVED REPORTING.
STD RATES ARE THE HIGHEST AMONG
YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 15 TO 24 YEARS
OLD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY
SURPRISED THIS WAS HOW
COMMONPLACE THE SEXUALITY IS.
IT IS THE CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY,
THE PICTURES THEY ARE SHARING,
THE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.
TECHNOLOGY MAY NOT BE A
FACTOR FOR YOU.
A RECENT STUDY BY THE LGBT
CENTER SAYS MEN WHO USE APPS
LIKE GRINDER ARE MORE LIKELY TO
BE INFECTED WITH GONORRHEA AND
CHLAMYDIA.
NO SURPRISE TO THE STUDENTS WE
SPOKE TO.
PEOPLE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER
FIRST BEHIND COMPUTERS AND
PHONES.
THEN YOU GET COMFORTABLE ENOUGH
TO MEET THEM IN PERSON.
IT IS NOT SURPRISING BUT I
THINK WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN
OUR POWER TO TEACH.