Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis Rates Are At An All-Time High In The U.S.

Source: Huffington Post

"The increase in STD rates is directly attributable to a decrease in funding for health clinics that can screen and treat people, as opposed to any recent change in sexual behavior among certain demographic groups, says Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, an HIV and infectious diseases expert at the UCLA School of Medicine and Public Health.

Per-capita public health spending has been declining since 2008, according to a 2015 analysis. After adjusting for inflation, researchers found that per-capita public health spending rose from $39 in 1960 to $281 in 2008. Since then, spending has fallen 9.3 percent.

The CDC also identified budget cuts to state and local health clinics as a major factor in the high rates of STDs. In 2012, budgets were cut for 52 percent of state and local STD programs, which means fewer people could get STD screening or treatment. That same year, 21 local STD clinics closed."

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Abstinence only education programs can't be helping either. This probably doesn't bother the Theocrats as these people are sinners and get what they deserve.