WESLEY J. SMITH: Drop PC to Fight STDs.

We’ve been hearing this rationalization for decades. People get STDs because of stigma, not because they are irresponsible in their sexual relations.

Now, the stigma card is being played to explain recent increases in syphilis and gonorrhea. . . .

But STDs are also rising in San Francisco–hardly Stigma Central about matters sexual. From the 4/30/13 SF Examiner story:

Infection rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis among San Francisco residents have been steadily rising since 2007, according to the Department of Public Health…New cases of syphilis have more than doubled during that time frame, from 40 cases per 100,000 people to over 105 in 2012, according to statistics presented by the health department.

Oops.