We’re Number 1!

Photo courtesy of
‘Cabbages and Condoms’
courtesy of ‘wharman’

I shouldn’t have to write this. I really shouldn’t. Folks, if you’re not grown up enough to cover your willie when you go to have sex, maybe you shouldn’t be at home with the Astroglide, okay? The CDC has released a study that shows that DC is #1 for per capita syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia infection. I’m gonna let that sink in for a second.

You’re three times as likely to get gonorrhea in DC than you are in VA or MD. That’s outrageous. That number goes up even higher for the other diseases. So really, folks, if you’re having sex and you don’t know the other person’s status (or, if you for any reason don’t trust it) then please for the love of god use a condom? This is just embarrassing.

Usual disclaimers about DC being an entirely urban “state” for demographics purposes, and I don’t believe the CDC breaks it out by metropolitan areas, where, I hope, Baltimore still has us beat.

Comments

5 Responses to “We’re Number 1!”

  1. Carl Weaver Says:

    Damn, Tom. You never made me do that before.

    Seriously, this is really shocking.

  2. uberVU - social comments Says:

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  3. Aaron R. Linderman Says:

    Or perhaps Washingtonians should learn to keep their willie in their pants a little more often…

  4. Tom Bridge Says:

    Amen to that, Aaron…

  5. Wendy Says:

    At least I’m wearing protection in the chosen photo.