A few years ago the vernacular changed from "STDs" to STIs "Sexually Transmitted Infections" for the curable ones. Well, it looks like one might be quite intelligent and move on back to disease status.
According to the article, "Earlier this year, gonorrhea was named among 11 types of bacteria that health experts believe pose the greatest threats to human health because they are in urgent need of new antibiotics. Gonorrhea has developed resistance to nearly every class of antibiotics used to treat it such as penicillin, tetracycline and fluoroquinolones, the CDC said." In addition, when speaking with one of my friends, it's mainly being passed around orally. I'm curious if more clients and providers will insist on being safe in every aspect, including oral. Thoughts? TLDR: Gonorrhea is becoming ridiculously hard to combat. With it mainly being passed around orally, will you insist on protection even for oral or will you still take your chances?You need to answer the most important question (i.e., Will this information change the manner in which you deliver your services as an escort?).
If you meant by inquiring about taking chances, I will continue to trust my selection in providers and the concern they have for their own health.
Note: You remind me of a provider that formally visited the Minneapolis area about a decade ago. Her identification number on The Erotic Review is 80252.
For myself personally, that is the most important question. And it's not a decision I'm taking lightly.
And that's exactly what I was inquiring about. However, the more I think about it, this post can be rhetorical. I'm a proponent of people having all the information available to make the most intelligent decision for themselves. Consequently, the point here is I just want people to be aware and to think. No matter what, both parties have to trust that the clients &/or provider they are seeing are seeing are being safe.
N.B.: Is this comparison a compliment?
Yes. The comparison was meant as a compliment.
... as it's making the rounds again on the boards and also on Twitter. It's a serious issue and good to be informed. That time, the issue just came and went with no discernible resulting epidemic. As I recall, the odds of contracting an STI through oral was and still is far less likely than dying in a plane crash. But no one wants either to occur so it's important for all sexually active people to receive regular screenings.
The odds of contracting an STI by oral are very low because the mouth and throat are not a hospitable place for those bacteria. However, an infection can occur for a period of a week or two before clearing up without medication. I personally know of one provider who very likely had, and passed along, such an infection. She had a sore throat that she thought was either strep (culture was negative), or the result of "too much deep throating" (her words). Though she is a very highly reviewed provider that many believe to be a kind person, she did not stop providing bare oral while she was sick. I doubt anything has changed her ways in that regard. A client accused her of giving him an STI just after her sore throat, but she denied it because her urine test had come back clean. Oral infections do not generally show up in urine.
Please don't PM me to find out who this was, I don't have VIP. The point is that a risk of persistent infection may be very low, but the chance of passing on an infection is significantly more likely. Bare oral has gotten significantly more dangerous for male clients as a result of the thread topic.
I am not the above mentioned client who received an STI.
I haven't had CBJ, only BBBJ so far, but I don't think I would mind CBJ. I am hesitant to suggest it to the provider because maybe they don't like the taste condom rubber -- and also they might take it as a bit of an insult suggesting they may be disease carriers. It's not something you would normally want to imply about your "friends."