17th May 2022
Sexually transmitted “infections” are supposed to be irrefutable evidence of germ theory. Even some terrain theorists can be a bit uneasy talking about STIs.
So I thought I’d take on one of the most famous of them all…Gonorrhea AKA “The Clap”.
I found some eye-watering human experiments from the 1940s and analyze the spin the CDC put on the results to dial up the fear.
References:
1. “The Clap Heard Round the World”, 2012
2. Wikipedia – “Gonorrhea”:
3. CDC – “Gonorrhea – CDC Fact Sheet (Detailed Version)”
4. “Kissing may be an important and neglected risk factor for oropharyngeal gonorrhoea: a cross-sectional study in men who have sex with men”, 2019
5. “Transmission of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from a toilet seat”, 2004
6. “Experimental transmission of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from pregnant rat to fetus”, 1999
7. “Female Mouse Model of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection”, 2019
8. Western Australia Animal Resource Centre – “Rat and Mice Weights”
9. “CDC report on findings from the U.S. Public Health Service sexually transmitted disease inoculation study of 1946-1948, based on review of archived papers of John Cutler, MD, at the University of Pittsburgh”, 2010
10. “Howard Brown Health Center – STI Annual Report, 2009”
