Gonorrhea is increasing at alarming rates in Washington – IOTW Report

Gonorrhea is increasing at alarming rates in Washington

TNT: After years of escalating gonorrhea infection rates, Washington cases of the sexually transmitted disease are the highest in a generation and more than triple the number found less than decade ago.

In Pierce County, the rate is even worse and prompted local health officials to issue a cautionary advisory to health care providers and the public after 777 new gonorrhea infections were reported in the first half of this year. That’s a 39-percent increase over the number of cases in the first six months of 2016.

Statewide, officials in 2009 reported 2,268 gonorrhea cases. In 2016, there were 8,146 — the most since 1987.

The state was 26th in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s rankings of infection rates using 2015 data, but Pierce County’s rate would put it near those of the worst 10 states.  more here

15 Comments on Gonorrhea is increasing at alarming rates in Washington

  1. CLAP!CLAP!CLAP! Why does Wash. state always seem to be the focus for so many of these stories? There is nothing funny (or good) about gonorrhea, syphilis or any other STD. Does this mean we have more shitheads than other degenerate states as well, California certainly comes to mind. Or too much legal dope?

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