The Next Gay Disease

By Douglas V. Gibbs

When AIDS first emerged on the scene, it did so through the homosexual community.  It was thought to be a gay disease, but it jumped across the fire lines when bi-sexuals brought it into the heterosexual world.

At that point it was the disease of the promiscuous.

Now, a new disease has appeared, currently revealing itself in gay men.

The outbreak of potentially deadly bacterial meningitis has infected 22 people in New York and caused seven deaths since 2010. Health officials in Los Angeles are testing to see if the strain infecting “gay” men there is the same one hitting New York.  the first west coast victim was from West Hollywood, and was declared brain dead on Friday.

Though technically bacterial meningitis is not a sexually transmitted disease, it is being called an STD threat, and in the case of the Los Angeles case, he contracted the disease at a party full of gay revelers in Palm Springs that attracted homosexuals from across the country.

The CDC does say the disease can not be spread by casual contact, but, “Some bacteria can spread through the exchange of respiratory and throat secretions (e.g., kissing).”

Symptoms of the disease often appear within three to seven days of exposure. They include fever, stiff neck, nausea, headache, vomiting, increased sensitivity to light and an altered mental state, often confusion.

“This is not a disease transmittable mainly by sexual contact. It’s spread by respiratory droplets, which means you can be sitting and having a prolonged conversation with somebody and spread the disease without having sex,” said Dr. Parveen Kaur of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

Fatalities occur in between ten and fifteen percent of cases, with another ten to fifteen percent experiencing hearing loss, and diminished mental capacity as a result of having the illness.

Though the act of homosexuality may not be the trigger for this disease, the promiscuous nature of gays is definitely a vehicle allowing this disease to spread with ease.

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