Why Do Gay Men Get Syphilis?

Sometimes we end our blog posts by saying, "You can't make that up!"

This time we are going to start this post by saying, "You just can't make this stuff up!"

The National Institutes of Health has spent millions of dollars studying male sex workers in Peru, including more than $400,000 to determine why gay men get syphilis in the South American country.

“Syphilis remains an uncontrolled infectious disease globally, with high prevalence and incidence in certain high risk populations, affecting more than 20 percent of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Peru,” according to the grant, awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

“The incidence of syphilis in MSM in Peru is about 9 cases per 100 person-years,” it said. “We are proposing a study to improve our understanding of syphilis epidemiology and molecular biology, particularly among MSM.”

Messages include information on HIV testing, not “stigmatizing and stereotyping messages or images about ‘being gay.’”

Another HIV prevention intervention study by the university is focusing on “MSM/transwomen,” at a cost of $146,524.

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is conducting numerous studies on male sex workers in Peru, as well.

UCLA researchers are examining how community “skills building” can help “Fletes,” a term for bisexual male sex workers who engage in survival sex work for very low wages. The project cost $168,197 in 2013.

The university also received $323,360 to give “partner therapy” to Peruvian male sex workers who have gonorrhea or chlamydia for another study beginning in 2011.

Public health interventions ($272,160) and “partner notification strategies” ($754,901) are also being researched by UCLA to reduce HIV and sexually transmitted infections, specifically targeted at Peruvian male sex workers.

In all, the listed studies have cost U.S. taxpayers $2,122,137.

Here;  http://freebeacon.com/nih-spent-464272-to-find-out-why-gay-men-get-syphilis-in-peru/

Hey!  If nothing else, by reading this article I learned that MSM means "men who have sex with men".  I also learned that a "Fletes" is a bisexual man who engages in survival sex for very low wages.

I have an idea I could have saved the U.S. taxpayers over $2,000,000 dollars by pointing out that doing VERY perverted activities will ultimately get you VERY sick.  And we could have just left it at that.

Of course I feel VERY sorry for the millions of kids all over the world who are living on the streets and have no other choice but to pervert themselves for food.  That is so sad. If there weren't any perverted adults though, there would be no demand to make perverted kids....so it is a consequence of sin.

Just one other reason we should all be eager for Jesus to return and usher in an era of justice and righteousness.

Just one more reason why the USA is going broke...a few million dollars at a time.

Hat tip to Tom F.