When the CDC meets real life: STD's Here & Now

Wednesday, (before Thanksgiving) I was at bar in upstate New York, just outside the older part of Middletown. I was with a couple that wanted to discuss their Wedding.

After we spent an hour or so going over their plans it was getting time to go. Daisy, a young college student with raven black hair and a models body (38”, 22”, 35”) had to go and leave her beau Matt (a motorcycle mechanic at a well known cycle shop) with me at the bar.

The bar, Erie Brew Pub & Grill is a really nice place for drinkers and it has a decent cross section of people (locals, city commuters, suburbanites, urbanites and rednecks)as well as food and fine wines. Matt and I sat at the bar as a conversation struck up between patrons one of which was reading Time magazine quoting a report done by CNN. The hard old railway worker in his mid 50’s, was solid built with grayish brown hair, the man, Scotty was talking about the resurgence of syphilis.

“Well listen to this, ‘a new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a 39 percent increase in the disease (syphilis) from 2006 to 2009, with most new cases appearing in young black men. ‘The majority of the increase is amongst men who have sex with men,” said Charlotte Kent, acting director of the CDC’s division of STD prevention.’” Scotty looked at the rail thin gent (a doctor) and said “what about that Doc, that’s great news.”

Myself, the small heavy Hispanic man, Jorge, the bearded redneck with the ponytail, N.F., Matt, and a masculine looking woman, Alex fixed our eyeballs in their direction. Doc said, “How is this good news Scotty?” “ Well Doc, Apparently there’s a lack of black and white pussy, these young niggers are fucking each other to death which means they won’t breed…hallelujah. No offense to anyone here but I have no love for faggots?”

As we all started in with a comment the Bartender, Lily, in her 40’s said “look people keep it nice, OK? That means you Scotty!” Doc picked up right away, “A syphilis outbreak with one group of people, regardless of race is bad for all of us…syphilis is spread by sex with a person with a syphilitic sore in their mouth, penis or anus.”

ALSO, said the Doc, “ The most common way to get syphilis is to have sex with someone who has an active infection, that is, has a sore or lesion. People at increased risk for syphilis, like those at high risk for other STDs, are those who have had multiple sex partners, have sexual relations with an infected partner, have been infected in the past with another STD and do not use condoms.”

Scotty growled “What are you getting at Doc?” Doc said“ Assuming that the black men in this study are just homosexuals is idiocy, just because they are having sex with each other doesn’t mean they are not having sex or can’t have sex with women of any race…we are all at risk if one is infected.” Scotty turned red with alarm, “so if I come into contact with an infected faggot, like I sit on the shitter after him, I could get syphilis?”

NO! Doc said sternly, “It must be direct sexual contact, understand Scotty?” “Well then we just thank these young black faggots for screwing up the pussy pool, soon only dikes will have a chance to hit on anything available and if they get it they might pass it on like them faggots” Alex looked at Scotty and said, “What The Fuck Does That Mean?” Scotty then had to swallow down some beer.

Alex is a tall woman, 5’11, a good six feet tall in those steel toed boots, her whole upper body was muscle, she looked like Captain America with tits. Alex had a Marine Corps style high and tight haircut.

“Are you saying only women will want to have sex with women over this syphilis outbreak and that we might pass it on because of being gay…is that what you’re saying Scotty?” The tight black Under Armor shirt, the nice fitting black jeans had Alex looking like GI Jane, but her angry face had Scotty panicked.

Scotty broke down and bought a round for us as Jorge picked up the conversation. “Look I can’t speak for Scotty but I’m gonna go home and chain my woman to the kitchen table, she looks at everybody, now I have something else to worry about.”

Alex was staring at Scotty still waiting for an answer as Matt was gazing, lost in his beer. N.F., piped up saying, “look, society has changed over the years, maybe young black guys can’t get young black girls like in the past, Oprah’s changed everything.”

HOLD ON…said Alex as if she was stopping a runaway truck. “Scotty is blaming all the gays for all the disease, and you’re blaming Oprah for making black men gay.” I said, “Oprah hasn’t helped the situation for black men but I agree she is not the direct blame, women don’t want a man without a job or status, young black males for a lot of reason’s have neither, nor do they have any good prospects at getting money or recognition short of being a gangster rapper, drug dealer or in professional sports .”

Doc took a hard look at Matt as he seemed to lose the color in his face. Doc joined back in the conversation and said, “No matter what the STD, syphilis, gonorrhea, Chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis, HPV or HIV/AIDS we can’t let social conditions keep us from getting medical attention from the outset of infection. If something is wrong in your genitals you know it, that’s when you see a doctor. We must use common sense! Doc took a sip of his Beaujolais when Alex again jumped in the conversation.

“You hate gay people because they are gay, right Scotty? Alex’s laser green eyes pressed for an answer with an icy hot stare to Scotty’s face. “I don’t hate gays, I just want them to die off”…said Scotty, then he looked surprised, as if he just realized what he said. “Let me clarify that, I could care less for gay guys no matter what color they are, and if a woman wants another woman fine, munch that carpet…” As the conversation went back and forth, Doc took Matt’s wrist in his hand and told Matt to look at him.

Matt and Doc excused themselves from the bar as the conversation broke down to what is natural and unnatural sex. (N.F. got a round going as Alex got graphic with her descriptions). Doc excused himself as he whispered something to Matt, Matt then went to the restroom. Doc had to get back to work at Orange Regional Medical Center, a hospital right down the street from the bar. The conversation ended with Scotty shaking hands with Alex who nearly broke his wrist.

Jorge said, “I’m going home to chain my woman to the bed and I’m gonna fuck her till she’s pregnant with twins." N.F. waited at the bar to take me to Tarrytown so I could get my car and go back across the other bridges. Matt said, “I need to tell you something RJ.” I said, go ahead. Matt shook as he said, “I haven’t been intimate with Daisy for over a month. Last week I had sex with this prostitute who insisted I do her in the ass.”

“Matt where is this conversation going, we just discussed your wedding plans didn’t we?” Matt held his head in his hands and started to cry. “After I did this whore in the ass I wanted to fuck her, the he was a she, it had a dick…I have this sore on my… and I have been getting worried that Daisy wants to get intimate. The Doc said to get to the hospital right away so he could examine and treat me, he thinks I have syphilis.” I said “well Matt do as the Doc said and as we part I’m not shaking your hand because you could have a rash coming in.”

I then told Matt to pray before he told Daisy anything. I figure his wedding plans are on hold. N.F. would have picked up Alex if we didn’t have to go to Westchester. I kept Matt’s problem to myself. But N.F. knew more than I did. N.F. said “Matt went out partying with Jack who ass fucked the same shemale right after he did. Jack told me everything.” “You knew and didn’t tell me, why?

N.F. said “I wanted to see if Matt would tell Daisy, if he had any real integrity he’d man up. He wants Daisy because Daisy got money, her family is loaded.”

Straight or gay, sexual indiscretion hurts everybody since everybody is fucking each other.

The only way to protect yourself from STD’s is with common sense, clean living, one partner and a truckload of condoms.

RJ



(In the post I made a reference to 'Captain America'. For anyone not an all American Male or born after 1972, the video below will give you an idea what Captain America looks like)