Sex, STDs and the Pandemic

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show sexually transmitted diseases are at an all-time high for the sixth year in a row. In her new book, Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs, UCSF School of Medicine associate professor Dr. Ina Park says it's easier for people to have sex than to talk about it. She takes a fact-based--often humorous--look at sexually transmitted diseases, from gonorrhea to herpes to HIV. We talk with Park about sex, STDs and take your questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.9	From KQED, I'm April Dimbalski. Sexually transmitted diseases have been at an all-time high for the past half dozen years. That's according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And as more people get vaccinated and spring fever takes hold, 2021 could usher in a new summer of love.
1:31.0	And along with it, UCSF Dr. Ina Park predicts a fresh wave of STDs.
1:36.9	In her new book, Strange Breadfellows, Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs,
1:43.5	Park uses facts and humor to get people talking
1:46.6	about these unwelcome side effects of sex. We'll talk about it all, and we'll take your questions.
1:52.8	That's next on Forum right after this news.
1:57.9	Welcome to Forum. I'm April Dimbalski, health correspondent at KQED. This past year, pretty much all of our health news has been about the coronavirus pandemic. Other health issues, like sexually transmitted diseases, haven't been on the radar, but they haven't gone away. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
2:18.3	STDs hit an all-time high for the sixth year in a row in 2019. The U.S. saw two and a half
2:25.2	million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. And with the pandemic, diverting testing
2:31.6	supplies and contact tracers away from STDs, the CDC expects 2020 numbers may not be much better.
2:39.6	Joining me to talk about this other epidemic is Dr. Ina Park.
2:44.2	She's an associate professor at UCSF School of Medicine and author of the new book, Strange Bedfellows, Adventures in the Science, History,
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