This seemed like the safest way to illustrate this blog without incriminating specific people.
I do NOT wish to know the intimate goings-on of celebrities. At least, I don't think that I do.
But for some sick reason, I couldn't open the following email fast enough: "RELEASE: 100 Celebrities with STDs Profiled in Media Research Study."
Whoa.
Click, click, click!Of course, the email didn't include names of people, as that would probably result in the world's biggest law suit. I mean, really, can you see 100 celebrities standing up and saying, "Hello, world! I have gonorrhea!"
Anyway, STD Carriers Disease Control and Prevention Services kicked off Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness Month profiling 100 celebrities with STDs as part of a media research study.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes April as STD Awareness Month for calling attention to the impact of STDs while promoting STD testing across America. The study on celebrities with STDs aims to support that effort by showing everyday people that fame and fortune are not prophylactics.
The study on celebrities with STDs focused primarily on incurable STDs with particular attention given to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), hepatitis C, herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV2), human papillomavirus (HPV) and genital warts in men.
Out of the 100 celebrities profiled in the study, 44 HIV/AIDS patients were identified, with hepatitis C coming in a close second at 42, and HSV2 wrapping up the top three at a distant third with just 10 victims. HPV only accounted for 3 cases covered in the study, all of which were cervical cancer survivors; and the genital warts category only has 1 lonesome reality star so far (which, sorry, surprised me).
The celebrity list was broken down and categorized by occupation, as well as disease into 10 categories. The categories are activists, actors, actresses, athletes, authors, journalists, musicians, politicians, porn stars and reality stars.
Out of the 100 famous people identified in the study, the overwhelming majority were musicians, with 29 profiles. They were followed by 14 porn stars, 13 athletes, 10 authors, 9 actresses, 8 actors, 6 journalists, 6 politicians, 3 activists and 2 reality stars.
Although technically STD hepatitis C was largely to blame for the majority of musicians, with 19 cases, most of which were attributed to intravenous drug use and several of those involved baby boomers infected in the 1960s or 1970. The baby boomer hepatitis trend inspired STD Carriers to launch Faces of Hepatitis, an STD education program based on the Multnomah County Sheriff's Faces of Meth drug education program.
Faces of Hepatitis compares before and after photos of Keith Richards, Anita Pallenberg, Marianne Faithful and others side by side to document damage inflicted on the human body by hepatitis C over time.
Want more info? Click on the following links:
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STD Carriers Disease Control and Prevention Services--
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Faces of Hepatitis STD Education ProgramPeace, love and protection (hint, hint) ... XOXO
