“screens for everything”.
“screens for three diseases”.

you never answered my question about what other diseases are relevant to the conversation

these are the STDs that are actually relevant to talk about. there are no others, unless you have some information on some novel new STD, in which case i’d love to hear about it

caution information and talking about sex is not FUD

i agree! what is FUD is overstating the risks with statements like “pustules on your genitals” and suggesting that there are relevant STDs that aren’t well tested/treated/prevented

there are risks, but the risk of contracting STDs if using condoms is very low. the risk of contracting antibiotic resistant STDs is also incredibly low

there is, however, and actual risk in stigmatising these things so that people don’t talk about them and educate themselves

getting an STD is absolutely fine! get tested, get treated, tell sexual partners, no drama… that’s exactly what the public health messaging is because that’s what works to keep people healthy

mitigate risks, don’t pretend like they’re irrelevant.

of course: you should always mitigate risks… but don’t act like something is more dangerous than it is… you’re making out here like having sex is as dangerous and base jumping, and that’s such an unhelpful position to take that it is actually dangerous to people’s health

this is exactly the issue with “abstinence based” sexual education: if you go too hard, people won’t actually trust when they hear the real risks because people have overblown the risks in the past