A recent study found that 26% of New York City residents have genital herpes, well above the national average of 19%. I’ve only been to the City once, but fortunately did not plow. What a nightmare. As my boy Sam always says, “Condoms are for sailors.” While I tend to agree, following this advice in Gotham City is like playing Russian roulette with your jounce, only your odds are worse. The city is running a free condom campaign. Looks like that is going real well. Free condoms are always fun. They left a bowl of them in the entrance to student health when I was in school and it was always entertaining to watch people try and discreetly stuff a handful in their bookbag. I’ve certainly pulled a few, because you can get a case of Bush Light for what a box condoms costs.
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The numbers don’t lie – the statistics related to STDs, HIV and AIDS are sadly real.
Which means theunfortunate fact is this: NO ONE is immune.
Bottom line? “If IT’s not on, IT’s not in!” is the motto today’s sexually active youth
& adults MUST adopt if they want to live longer, healthier & happier lives.
Between 40,000 & 50,000 Americans become infected with HIV each year:
- 50% are 13 to 24 years old & EVERY HOUR (2) or more teens or young adults contract HIV. In response to those overwhelming statistics, King Middle School of Portland, Maine, began distributing various forms of birth control to 10 to 14 year old students in 6th thru 8th grade. When polled, 70% of adults agreed – in light of the grim facts – public schools should be allowed to issue birth control to teens.
- (1) MILLION+ Americans currently live with HIV or AIDS. Roughly 25% of them became infected as teens (among whom the toll continues to rise). Most teens today have NO IDEA when they became infected, which means they can’t & don’t protect themselves or others. With no symptoms at all (feeling & appearing completely healthy) they spread the disease through risky sexual behavior.
- Condoms are 99% EFFECTIVE at stopping the spread of STDs and immediately reduce user risk of getting & passing on HIV. Look, there’s a virtual ALPHABET SOUP of unhealthy, unpleasant STDs floating around out there (incl. chlamydia, genital warts, gonorrhea, herpes and syphilis) and as many as (3) MILLION sexually active teens get them EVERY YEAR – by having unprotected sex.
- IT is about getting real: AIDS has caused 530,000 DEATHS in America. There’s still NO CURE or vaccine for HIV or AIDS & a startling 78% of new HIV cases in women result from heterosexual activity. Unless young men take on fewer sex partners or wear condoms more often, HIV & AIDS will continue to spread.
- Ghana initiated a campaign called “Stop AIDS…Love Life” which featured the slogan “If IT’S not on IT’S not in!” – avoiding direct use of the word condom. It was such a HUGE success, condom sales shot from $2.7M to $6.6M in six months for the country’s largest manufacturer. “IT” harnesses the power of a T-Shirt to make THAT kind of impact on everyone at risk – EVERYONE!
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