• Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
      21·
      12 hours ago

      would you like to elaborate?

      because

      • HIV is preventable through PrEP
      • gonorrhoea is curable with antibiotics
      • syphilis is curable with antibiotics
      • chlamydia is curable with antibiotics
      • mgen is curable with antibiotics
      • many of the above are preventable with DoxyPEP
      • herpes is treatable
      • HPV is preventable through vaccination

      and your “pustules on my genitals” is just complete FUD

          • xor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            2 hours ago

            i know. i used that exact example previously.
            like i said before:
            i’m not saying risky things aren’t worth doing. i’m saying this is not without risks.
            “getting tested” doesn’t cover most STI’s unless you’re symptomatic… you can’t go to the doctor and say “test me for every STI”… that’s not an option.
            HPV, Herpes, and many others are diseases for life. you can take medicine that makes most people asymptomatic for most of their life… but it’s not just fixed.

            people on here are acting like you can just trust everyone you date, and everyone they date, and everyone those people date, and everyone those people date, out to infinity and it’s totally safe and fine and the only issue is skill in knowing who to trust…
            or you can just make sure everybody “gets tested” but that’s not how getting tested works.

            and many diseases are evolving resistance to current treatments… it’s a lot of risk that is worth considering before making an informed decision