Syphilis Outbreak Reported In New Hampshire - Granite Grok

Syphilis Outbreak Reported In New Hampshire

SyphilisNot everyone in New Hampshire suffered from a “drought” last year.

(Patch) In 2016, the highest number case ever — 104 — were reported. The outbreak in New Hampshire is consistent with national trends and is being seen mainly in men under age 40 and in men who have sex with men (MSM). Approximately 60 percent of cases have been in Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties.

Does anyone else find it funny that men having sex with men is abbreviated MSM? Talk about a cruel irony.

And what’s with the sudden surge in infections nationally? Is it the Obama Era influx of refugees and illegal immigrants from countries where syphilis is common? Is that another cruel irony?

Anyway, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human services has reported 42 more cases in the first five months of 2017, so we’re on pace to match the 2016 record. And given how rainy it has been, the odds are good that more Democrats are staying indoors (just like in Georgia) and that can only mean more time to spread syphilis.

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