> Syphilis rates were at a historic low from 2000 to 2001, but have increased every year since, with an increase of 28.6% from 2020 to 2021, which was likely ex

> Syphilis rates were at a historic low from 2000 to 2001, but have increased every year since, with an increase of 28.6% from 2020 to 2021, which was likely exacerbated by an interruption in treatment and prevention due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. What about 2000 to 2020? What's driving the steady rise? Wouldn't a steady 10 year rise trigger some sort of warning and "counter offensive"? Especially since the future of effective antibiotics is less assured.