As someone in a polycule, that could very soon not be true.
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pupbiru@aussie.zone 23 hours agoSTIs are all curable, treatable, or preventable
frezik@midwest.social 23 hours ago
xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
that is grossly oversimplifying things
pupbiru@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
would you like to elaborate?
because
- HIV is preventable through PrEP
- gonorrhoea is curable with antibiotics
- syphilis is curable with antibiotics
- chlamydia is curable with antibiotics
- mgen is curable with antibiotics
- many of the above are preventable with DoxyPEP
- herpes is treatable
- HPV is preventable through vaccination
xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
none of that is 100%
pupbiru@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
and walking down the street isn’t 100% safe
andros_rex@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Herpes can be spread, even with condoms. Often asymptomatic, also so common/with a test that is also so prone to false positives that they don’t test for it in most panels.
PREP, PEP, and doxyPREP are great things. There should also be no stigma around STI’s - a large chunk of adults get one at some point in their lives. Trich or HPV I think the vast majority of people don’t even know.
The big thing is that everyone should be an adult and open/honest about their risks and tolerances. The more partners you have, the more likely a condom is to break or something is to go wrong. There’s a balance in all things.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
that’s a much more reasonable way of putting it that i did, yes, thank you