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Re:Oral sex producing unstoppable bacteria by dmoy on Thursday July 06, 2017 @09:20PM (#14715301)
Title seems unclear, should probably read "antibiotics use causing antibiotic resistant bacteria". Guess that wouldn't get BBC as many clicks though, so I get why they chose that title.

TL;DR : gonorrhea develops antibiotic resistance. People using condoms less because the fear of HIV/AIDS has declined.

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Re:Oral sex producing unstoppable bacteria by chimeracoder on Thursday July 06, 2017 @09:34PM (#14715371)
> People using condoms less because the fear of HIV/AIDS has declined.

I would really like to see actual data on this statement. HIV is unbelievably difficult to transmit via oral sex, and condom use for oral sex was always very rare, even among high-risk groups during the height of the HIV epidemic.

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Re:Oral sex producing unstoppable bacteria by dmoy on Thursday July 06, 2017 @10:12PM (#14715527)
I agree I'd like to see the data as well, the statement seemed surprising to me in the article.
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