STd's sigh

Instapundit has a link about the rise of STD's.

since he is a libertarian, he says the gov't should seek to fight infectious disease instead of bad habits (I presume he means gun ownership or softdrinks)

the NBC article is HERE. 

they use a CDC report that I can't find (most of the CDC reports are statistics before 2011.)

it stresses the cost of STD's of course.
but it ignores the real cause; promiscuity.

ah, but that wouldn't be politically correct.

BBC reports an increase in Hiv from gays not using condoms. 

Ya think?

and then there is the problem that Gonorrhea is again becoming resistant to drugs.

that article has a nice "way back" machine factoid:

Before the 1930s, gonorrhea often was treated with patent medicines or intraurethral irrigations with compounds such as merbromin (Mercurochrome) or other antiseptics. The introduction of sulfonamide antimicrobials in the 1930s ushered in an era of effective antimicrobial therapy for gonorrhea. However, widespread gonococcal resistance to sulfonamides occurred rapidly and was common by the 1940s.

ouch.

the drug resistance would mean the person would think they were cured, but spreads it anyway.

But again the elephant in the living room is promiscuity.