A new report has said that it is now easy to let your sexual partner now if you have unknowingly exposed them to the risk of a sexually transmitted disease.
A new report has said that it is now easy to let your sexual partner now if you have unknowingly exposed them to the risk of a sexually transmitted disease.
The report said that some 30,000 people have used an Internet service that allows then send of alerts to their partners with the click of a mouse.
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea is a very common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a bacterium/superbug called Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It is spread during sexual intercourse- vaginal, oral, and anal.
Gonorrhea is a very common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a bacterium/superbug called Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It is spread during sexual intercourse- vaginal, oral, and anal.
San Francisco was the first city to have the inSPOT service, which is now in place in Idaho, Louisiana, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington. The partner who is exposed to STD risk will get a mail that has "E-card from a concerned friend re: your health via inSPOT" in the subject line.
"We're living in a new world of Internet communication," Klausner said. "Most people are online every day. This Internet communication tool affords people a way to send a message anonymously." Many e-cards warned about gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV and chlamydia.
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