gender identity in their health le sobs. they are throwing out the birds and the bees in exchange for teaching oral sex for 8th grade students. it mandates they be talk about abortion and stds. parents are outraged. joining me to discuss it, talk radio host bill spadia. he s on the front lines in this madness alongside them as the founder of the common sense club. what s your reaction to it. you said it perfectly. absolute madness. i m talking to the largest audience in the state, parents are calling all the time. you know who else is calling? teachers? teachers don t want to teach this stuff to kids.
prevention to. let s bring in our favorite public health physician. to help sort through this. doctor print now, so glad to have you back here. especially for this conversation because i find it very striking and interesting, because you don t think about syphilis being on the, rise why are these stds on the rise right now, do you think? good morning, tiffany, so great to be with you. the important thing for people to realize is that during the pandemic, there was a lapse in all types of primary care and preventative care. we know that people either did not present to the doctors, or doctors were not having as accessible hours, whether in the public health workforce was subverted, and focusing on the pandemic. so behaviors presented it s not as if behaviors changed, it s just whether or not people are probably being cared for, and had access to education. sexual health care unfortunately, is something that still has a fair amount of stigma around it, so that is
conversation. i m thrilled we had this conversation. two perfect meant to have this conversation with. thank you so much, doctor mike, shout out to morehouse, see you at home coming this year. jason johnson will be returning in the next hour. thank you doctor lindsey. also, busy in the bedroom, post pandemic. yes, that s right, while not everyone is safe taking the safe precautions. we have to talk about the alarming rise of stds, that is coming next. t is coming next. so how many vaccines have you given to people? me? about 1000. walgreens.millions. i cannot miss her big debut. with your booster, i think you ll be there. for every twirl. i got a shot so my sister won t get sick. way to go, big bro! so while we re here. flu shot, as well? let s do it.
ask your doctor if leqvio is right for you. lower. longer. leqvio. all right you may want to listen up and zip it up, because we have to talk about what experts are calling the out of control rise in sexually transmitted diseases. this week, the cdc released data about two and a half million new cases of stds in 2021 with hiv spiking 16%. and syphilis up 26%. now, this is the highest rate since 1991. america is in the midst of a battle for health, and of course it started with covid, as you remember. but now, with monkeypox, and stds, we need new ways for not only treatment but for