Super duper gonorrhoea bug

OMG! We're all doomed! Run for the hills!

THE ''clap'' is making a comeback, and experts say it is only a matter of time before superbug strains of the sexually transmitted infection reach Australian shores.

Diagnosis of gonorrhoea is up 50 per cent in the past five years, and already about 4 per cent of cases could be resistant to the common antibiotic used to treat it, government figures show. Read more

Well, maybe not doomed totally. I don't understand much about all the medical mumbo jumbo, but looks like at least the authorities are onto it:

Associate Professor Whiley's and his team are developing a DNA test which will not kill the bacteria, allowing for highly accurate tests that are also able to pick up other strains. 

When the resistant Japanese strain broke out, it was his laboratory that developed a test. 

It had also just developed a test for the European strain, said Associate Professor Whiley, who will present his findings at the International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections world congress in Melbourne next week. 

"Some of these strains are almost inevitably going to hit Australia and I want to make sure that all our labs, as soon as the red flag goes up … can deal with it before it becomes a big problem here," he said. Read more

Obviously the gonorrhoea comeback would be directly related to a reduced use of condoms. People are knowing now that HIV is very treatable and even if you do get it it's not the end of the world. 

Certainly though that's a ridiculous oversimplification of HIV. It hasn't been like that for me at all. Quite apart from the social issues of disclosure a stigma, HIV can be very difficult. Sometimes the meds don't quite work as planned (like with me and the kidney failure thing) for example. Or other illness are more easily caught because of being HIV+ and it opens up a whole new set of issues. 

Thing is, even when you do constantly use condoms, there can be accidents; like breaking or coming off. Nothing's full proof. What needs to be to get gonorrhoea under control is constant and regular testing for STD's, and getting treatment if you've got anything. That's much more admirable than going around infecting everyone with it.