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Rise in sex infection rates blamed on young people
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by Paul Conneally | July 15, 2008 at 11:34 am
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This is really depressing news. After all the deaths associated with HIV the message around how important it is to wear condoms or not have casual sex is clearly not getting through.
Professor Peter Borriello, the director of the HPA centre for infections, blamed the rise among young people on the prevalence of unsafe sex.
"It's increasingly the case that among young people a casual shag is part of the territory, it's part of life," he said.
"Increasingly a shag now stands for syphilis, herpes, anal warts and gonorrhoea.
"If you are going to go swimming, dive into the pool, make sure you know how to swim, be safe. That really means wear a condom."
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at 11:41 on July 15th, 2008
LotusFlower, it's just so sad that young people will never seem to learn, even with all the warnings and all the deaths surrounding them.
It has gotten worse in recent years however - I'm not sure what it will take to change their mindset.