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Re:Once on the brink of eradication, syphilis is raging again by fao_ on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @12:15PM (#26809162)
> I reject the thinking that "people are going to do what they want" and we are helpless to influence their behavior so we should just accept whatever they are doing no questions asked and work around it with public policy if it causes a problem. The reason I reject it is because I would argue what people want to do does not spontaneously arise in their minds, but rather is influenced by popular culture, marketing, and more.

Hmm, let's see how well that worked with sexually active teenagers in the bible belt, shall we?

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/abstinence-programs-i...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/23/5452891...

https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news...

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Re:Once on the brink of eradication, syphilis is raging again by rayiner on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @02:16PM (#26810925)
That just proves that Sunday school can’t do much in the face of a culture that overwhelmingly normalizes casual sex in TV, movies, music, etc. That doesn’t mean that societies committed to the opposite don’t exist. And many do—such as much of Asia. We can argue about the merits of say Bangladeshi society (where I’m from) but we have almost completely escaped the global AIDs epidemic.
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Re:Once on the brink of eradication, syphilis is raging again by fao_ on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:56PM (#26838407)
Bangladeshi society focused more on education and healthcare initiatives, not propaganda -- at least according to wiki
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Re:Once on the brink of eradication, syphilis is raging again by gnull on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @01:12PM (#26810003)
If one of the attempts did not work, it doesn't mean that none of them will.
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Re:Once on the brink of eradication, syphilis is raging again by vict7 on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @01:20PM (#26810157)
Excellent point! Seems like some are more interested in pushing their own beliefs and morality on others rather than examining the evidence of what makes effective (or ineffective) public policy.
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