As we creep back toward normal, what should we do about the rise of sexually transmitted infections?
By Peggy Orenstein and Ina Park
Ms. Orenstein and Dr. Park have both written extensively about sex and society.
April 17, 2021
Credit...Ionut Radulescu
Dr. Hilary Renoâs eyes widened as she scanned the waiting room at the St. Louis County Sexual Health Clinic in Missouri, where sheâs the medical director. She was used to seeing a swath of humanity parked in those plastic chairs: middle-aged men secretly screening after a tryst; college students making a post-hookup pit stop; teenagers, fresh in love, testing together before taking the next step. But now, in the spring of 2019, every seat was filled, with more patients leaning up against the walls. âHow,â she thought to herself, âcan we possibly keep up?â