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> 17% reported contracting a STD I wonder if any money is worth having an extreme risk of getting a deadly virus.
by system2 5y ago
> 17% reported contracting a STD
I wonder if any money is worth having an extreme risk of getting a deadly virus.
- guythedudebro 5y agoWhat you quoted does not really imply you are at an extreme risk of getting a deadly virus.
- system2 5y agoAt 17%, if you do it a long period of time you definitely get it. Even if it isn't deadly virus, you get something nasty and most likely permanently.
- guythedudebro 5y ago"even if it isn't a deadly virus" is the relevant part here
- Yoric 5y agoI find it a bit surprising that 17% report STDs while only 9% report not using a condom at all. I would have expected causality.
- alasdair_ 5y ago9% of the workers reported never using a condom and a further percentage only use them sometimes. I suspect those are the majority of the 17% with an std.
- Aella 5y agoActually none of the zero-condom users reported getting a STD. My theory is that zero-condom users tend to be much more exclusive and to have fewer clients, or to do this closer to part-time?
- c21h30o2 5y agoWithout looking at the numbers at all I'm pretty sure that number can be ignored almost completely. It's all but guaranteed to be vastly underreported, but fortunately none of the common STDs are deadly. HIV and hepatitis are both rare in Western countries and syphilis can be cured with antibiotics.
- denton-scratch 5y agoAnd HIV can be treated effectively nowadays. It's certainly not a death-sentence.
- siva7 5y agoFor those with access to healthcare and regular checkups a typical STD is usually not deadly, including HIV.