STDs are a major public health issue that affect marginalized groups, such as people of color, more than others. If left untreated, the complications from STDs can be serious — even deadly — and nationwide, they cost billions of dollars every year.
Given the rising STD rates, Walsh-Buhi called for more public health funding.
“You get a drop and then it levels off for a few years and then you get another drop,” said Samantha Tweeten, an HIV epidemiologist for San Diego County.“I just don't think that people were getting tested,” she said, adding that a preliminary count for 2021 indicates that the number of new cases had jumped to about 400, similar to figures seen before the pandemic.Informational flyers fill a bulletin board at the entrance to the San Ysidro Health Center Teen Clinic, April 13, 2022.
In the last five years, the rate of new HIV diagnoses among Hispanic people in San Diego County was more than twice that of white people. The rate for Black people was 3.8 times as high. “Unfortunately, the groups that I mentioned earlier, such as Latinx men who have sex with men, oftentimes do not have availability are at easy access to such a testing and prevention services,” Wagner said. “That can also contribute to disparities and high rates of both HIV and STIs.”shows that stigma can cause people to delay treatment or avoid testing and prevention methods such as PrEP.
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