Also, if you think the logic isn’t strong enough on its own, here are statistics from the CDC:
Young people (age 15-24) have FOUR TIMES the rate of chlamydia and gonorrhea than the general population. Syphillis, however, is more likely in adults age 20-44.
The CDC also recommends testing all sexually active women <26 for chlamydia, every year.
Note that I specifically said above that the OKCupid essay’s “conclusion is correct.” You’re confusing criticizing an argument form and criticizing a conclusion. Consider the following exchange:
Person A: Karl Marx was an evil person, therefore communism is wrong.
Person B: That’s an example of the ad hominem fallacy, and so an invalid argument.
Person A: How dare you say communism wasn’t wrong, you Stalinist pig!
Posting statistics about exactly how many people were killed in communist regimes does not make A’s argument valid, or B’s criticism wrong.
I’m no expert, but I think the STDs to be most concerned with those are those which are least treatable. Wikipedia says the ones you cite are bacterial, so I presume, completely destroyed by antibiotics.
So, viruses like HIV and herpes? And maybe HPV?
(still, perhaps the treatable STDs have already done some lasting damage by the time they’re detected, anti-bacterials may be harmful, and it’s still gross, so use condoms)
Also, if you think the logic isn’t strong enough on its own, here are statistics from the CDC:
Young people (age 15-24) have FOUR TIMES the rate of chlamydia and gonorrhea than the general population. Syphillis, however, is more likely in adults age 20-44.
The CDC also recommends testing all sexually active women <26 for chlamydia, every year.
Note that I specifically said above that the OKCupid essay’s “conclusion is correct.” You’re confusing criticizing an argument form and criticizing a conclusion. Consider the following exchange:
Person A: Karl Marx was an evil person, therefore communism is wrong.
Person B: That’s an example of the ad hominem fallacy, and so an invalid argument.
Person A: How dare you say communism wasn’t wrong, you Stalinist pig!
Posting statistics about exactly how many people were killed in communist regimes does not make A’s argument valid, or B’s criticism wrong.
I’m no expert, but I think the STDs to be most concerned with those are those which are least treatable. Wikipedia says the ones you cite are bacterial, so I presume, completely destroyed by antibiotics.
So, viruses like HIV and herpes? And maybe HPV?
(still, perhaps the treatable STDs have already done some lasting damage by the time they’re detected, anti-bacterials may be harmful, and it’s still gross, so use condoms)