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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: azaghal1981 on June 10, 2008, 11:11:00 am
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June 9 (Bloomberg) -- More than one in four New Yorkers were infected with genital herpes, a sexually transmitted disease that can cause sores and increase
the spread of HIV, as of 2004, according to the city's first measurement of the virus.
About 26 percent of New Yorkers carried the virus compared with the national average of 19 percent, the New York City Health Department said today in a
statement.
The rate was higher among women than men -- 36 percent versus 19 percent, and higher among blacks than whites -- 49 percent versus 14 percent, the city
said.
Most people infected with the herpes virus have little or no symptoms because their bodies are able to fight it off. The symptoms include blisters in or
around the genitals that can break and leave sores that take weeks to heal. Herpes can make people more susceptible to HIV and those carrying the AIDS
virus more infectious, according to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About 45 million American carry the herpes virus, the CDC says.
``Genital herpes alone will not cause serious problems for most people, but some people will have painful genital sores and the infection fosters the spread
of HIV,'' said Julia Schillinger, the lead author of the study and director of surveillance for the health department's bureau of sexually transmitted
diseases prevention and control, in a statement.
The findings were collected in 2004 from interviews and medical exams of 1,784 New Yorkers as part of the city's Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
The findings, the first measurement of the city's genital herpes infection rate, were published today in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
New York City, with
19.3 million residents,
received 65,000 reports of sexually transmitted diseases in 2007. The city said it has given out 48 million free condoms since 2007 to help curb infections.
The survey also found the rate of infection was higher among men who had sex with other men than those who didn't -- 32 percent compared with 18 percent.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=a4PdkN5fg8E8&refer=home (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=a4PdkN5fg8E8&refer=home)
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i love ny, just went out the window.
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Even worse, nearly 1/2 of all Americans are Republicans.
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I think I recall hearing that the 1-out-of-4 rate is nationwide, not just NYC.
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19% is approximately 1 out of 5.
Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
I think I recall hearing that the 1-out-of-4 rate is nationwide, not just NYC.
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The nationwide rate is 1/5.
I can't help but wonder if this story breaking on 6/9 is coincidental or not. Yes, part of me will always be 12. :)
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Even worse, nearly 1/2 of all Americans are Republicans.
HA!!!!!!!
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Well one out of five is still pretty damn horrifying...
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So if there are 10,000 registered users of the 9:30 Forum, I guess that means 2,000 of us have the herpes.
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Originally posted by azaghal1981:
More than one in four New Yorkers were infected with genital herpes
Nice work, xneverwherex.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by azaghal1981:
More than one in four New Yorkers were infected with genital herpes
Nice work, xneverwherex. [/b]
so where??s the love where??s the love where??s the love where??s the love where??s the love tonight?
but there??s no love man there??s no love and the kids are uptight
'new york??s the greatest if you get someone to pay the rent'.
now the whole truth is coming out of how we're living in new york city - herpes is just one of the many outbreaks :eek:
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New York New York, big city of dreams
And everything in New York ain't always what it seems
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around
Too much, too many people, too much (aha-ha)
Too much, too many people, too much, Raaah!
A castle in the sky, one mile high
Built to shelter the rich and greedy
Rows of eyes, disguised as windows
Looking down on the poor and the needy
Miles of people, marching up the avenue
Doin?? what they gotta do, just to get by
I'm living in the land of plenty and many
But I'm damn sure poor and I don't know why
Too much, too many people, too much
Too much, too many people, too much!
A man's on a ledge, says he's gonna jump
People gather round, said, "He won't he's just a chump"
??Cause he lost his job, then he got robbed
His mortgage is due and his marriage is through
He says he ain't gonna pay no child support
Because the bitch left him without a second thought
He got nothing to eat, no shoes on his feet
She even left his clothes out in the street
He keeps hearing noises when he's at home
He always hears voices when he's all alone
His wife took the kids, the car and the crib
In this man's world, so much for Women's Lib
New York New York big city of dreams
But everything in New York ain't always what it seems
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law, and I know my way around
Down in the Village, you might think I'm silly
But you can't tell the women from the men sometimes
They're sugar and spice and everything nice
But when you get ??em home ain't no telling what you find
Right next door is a little old man
I seen him eating dog food out of a can
He says, "I got to eat, when I can't afford meat
I barely can stand, on my own two feet
I got a bad habit and I just can't break it
Something??s on my mind and I just can't shake it
I need some time, and I want some space
I gotta get away from the human race?
Too much, too many people, too much (aha-ha)
Too much, too many people, too much! Raaah!
Staring at a skyscraper reaching into heaven
When over in the ghetto I'm livin in hell
Just play ball or be an entertainer
??Cause niggaz like me can't read too well
Nobody loves me, nobody cares
I dreamed about a life but I'm livin in a nightmare
Paranoid schizo, set back, snowbound
Bad news psycho, heart attack, breakdown!
Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh
Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh
Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh
Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, HUH!
If only I could sleep just ten more minutes
I might find the strength to make another day
If I didn't have to get up and do my thing
I would probably sleep my whole life away
I messed up a nice dream, somethin?? bout ice cream
Whipped cream, fruits and a cherry on top
Now I gotta get up and face the world, huh
The pressure is on, It ain't never gonna stop
I sho' gotta learn to use my mind
I don't wanna be kissing nobody's behind
Just standin?? on line lookin?? like a jerk
Gotta get off my butt and do a full day's work
I ran into a pothole, got into a car crash
Should??a been thinking and tried to fake whiplash
A crowd gathered round, they're callin?? me fat
Who you lookin at with a face like that?
New York New York big city of dreams
Everything in New York ain't always what it seems
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around
On 42nd Street, lookin for some action
Women standing on the corner selling satisfaction
One young punk just leaning on the fence
Tryin?? to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
Really is a prankster, tried to be a gangster
Real big wheel when a gun is in his hands
Just did a stick-up, just got picked up
One dead punk, killed by the man
New York New York big city of dreams
And everything in New York ain't always what it seem
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around
Too much, too many people, too much (haha ha ha)
Too much, too many people, too much! Huh!
A baby cries and a mother dies
And the tears fall from the doctor's eyes
Because in this room, on this day
The Good Lord has giveth, and taketh away, huh!
The gift of life really means a lot
And in the ghetto your life is all you got
So you take to the streets, trying to exist
In the trash and slime of a world like this
What you watch on TV tells you what life is supposed to be
But when you look outside the only thing you see
Is the poverty stricken reality, Heh!
Abandoned places, angry faces
Much hate and hunger throughout the races
You say, "I'm grown and I'm on my own
So why don't everybody just leave me alone!"
Now you stay at home, talking on the phone
Doin ninety miles an hour in the fifty mile zone
They never took the time to tell you ??bout sex
So you had to learn about it in the discotheques
Nine months later, the baby is there
And the Nigga that did it said, "I don't care!"
You don't have enough money to help feed two
So you have to choose between the baby and you
The sky was crying, rain and hail
When you put your baby in the garbage pail
Then you kissed the kid and put down the lid
And you tried to forget what you just did, Huh!
The muffled screams of a dying baby
Was enough to drive the young mother crazy
So she ran in the rain trying to ease the pain
Huh huh, And she drove herself insane
New York New York big city of dreams
But everything in New York ain't always what it seem
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around
Too much, too many people, too much (haha ha ha)
Too much, too many people, too much! HUH!
New York New York big city of dreams
But everything in New York ain't always what it seem
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around
Too much, too many people, too much (haha ha ha)
Too much, too many people, too much
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New York's alright if you like saxaphones
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And in other news in NY: Heroin use spikes in NY.
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Originally posted by xneverwherex:
And in other news in NY: Heroin use spikes in NY.
Back to the future?
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I have some leftover Valtrex, anyone need some?