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21. That's what they said about gonorrhea, but....

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 10:24 AM

Apr 11

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/multi-drug-resistant-gonorrhoea

..."Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae (N. gonorrhoeae) appeared soon after the antimicrobial medicines started to be used. This has continued to expand over the past 80 years, affecting medicines such as tetracyclines, macrolides (including azithromycin), sulphonamides and trimethoprim combinations and, more recently, quinolones. In many countries, ciprofloxacin resistance is exceedingly high, azithromycin resistance is increasing and resistance or decreased susceptibility to cefixime and ceftriaxone continue to emerge.

The extensively drug-resistant gonorrhoea with high-level resistance to the current recommended treatment for gonorrhoea (ceftriaxone) but also including resistance to penicillin, sulphonamides, tetracycline, fluoroquinolones and macrolides (including azithromycin) are called gonorrhoea superbugs or super gonorrhoea."... (more)

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Trump Administration Demands Reddit Reveal Identity of User Who Criticized ICE [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 11 OP

So they know this won't hold up in front of a judge Walleye Apr 11 #1

Yes, it's yet another intimidation ploy MuchBetterThanThis Apr 11 #7

Definitely. All I see here is mob, strong arm tactics. Walleye Apr 11 #8

Exactly. paleotn Apr 11 #13

They make the Mafia look honest COL Mustard Apr 11 #22

The point is not the courts. It is a mob tactic to shut down criticism by using threats. Irish_Dem Apr 11 #28

I'm hoping eventually, they will get tired of being pushed around Walleye Apr 11 #44

So far, no one seems tired of being threatened, bullied, harassed. Irish_Dem Apr 11 #47

I know I don't really understand my fellow Americans here. I used to feel a kinship with them Walleye Apr 11 #48

Will the now-corporate Reddit folks comply with a baseless request? Soul_of_Wit Apr 11 #40

If they do, they'll lose about 90 percent of their members. Pinback Apr 11 #49

Agreed, and that would be a crying shame. ShazzieB Apr 11 #55

Reddit has cleaned up its act quite a lot in recent years. Pinback Apr 11 #68

Yes it will angrychair Apr 11 #46

They'll come for DUers one day IronLionZion Apr 11 #2

Perhaps I should stop telling people displacedvermoter Apr 11 #6

How can he have syphilis if a simple penicillin shot would have cured him? FakeNoose Apr 11 #10

I believe in miracles? displacedvermoter Apr 11 #12

That's what they said about gonorrhea, but.... Tanuki Apr 11 #21

Are you an Md? n/t. SonOfNebanaube Apr 11 #51

No MD is needed to know how silly this rumor is. ShazzieB Apr 11 #63

Exactly! ShazzieB Apr 11 #56

What do you do every time you see a mention of Trump's syphilis? displacedvermoter Apr 11 #57

What do I think when I see a mention of this rumor? ShazzieB Apr 13 #72

They'd like to but you give them far more power and good sense then they have. paleotn Apr 11 #14

First they came for the reddit users, popsdenver Apr 11 #39

Yikes! calimary Apr 12 #71

We all do! Linda ladeewolf Apr 11 #3

Reddit?! Seriously?! Collimator Apr 11 #4

I don't get Reddit but apparently a lot of people do. underpants Apr 11 #33

Reddit hosts a ton of progressive groups TommyT139 Apr 11 #41

"You are requested not to disclose the existence of this summons for an indefinite period of time. eShirl Apr 11 #5

MAGA are a pathetic caricature of fascists IronLionZion Apr 11 #9

MAGA is just about 80% or more kabuki. It is all made up in the cyber world of Musk, Twitter, X, and web .. Botany Apr 11 #20

MAGA Kabuki IronLionZion Apr 11 #65

The work of "para-lawyers" paleotn Apr 11 #15

Only 2 lawyers? Attilatheblond Apr 11 #50

Hell...tell that guy to start a Go Fund Me and see how long it takes Bengus81 Apr 11 #60

I"m imagining lawyers in parachutes IronLionZion Apr 11 #64

Lol!! It's a line from Danny DeVito in The Rainmaker. paleotn Apr 11 #66

"Don't tell anyone" - isn't that what child abusers say to the kids? Talitha Apr 11 #31

Hey ICE orangecrush Apr 11 #11

No I am Sparticus. Prairie_Seagull Apr 11 #37

FUCK ICE! orangecrush Apr 11 #42

I'm Spartacus! DBoon Apr 11 #45

And the Epstein files were ordered to be released by a court of law. travelingthrulife Apr 11 #16

I confess, it was me. twodogsbarking Apr 11 #17

I am Spartacus. COL Mustard Apr 11 #23

How ya doin? Good I hope. twodogsbarking Apr 11 #24

... BumRushDaShow Apr 11 #29

Lots of Spartacus here IronLionZion Apr 11 #32

We will all be Earl! Bayard Apr 11 #38

It is meant to scare us into silence. Get louder. travelingthrulife Apr 11 #18

Dude, nearly everyone in the world is critisizing ICE. Try to keep up old man. twodogsbarking Apr 11 #19

It's a public matter. When you work in the public sector, you live in a fish bowl underpants Apr 11 #35

More of that Administrative BS that does not require approval of a judge. Ziggysmom Apr 11 #25

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Apr 11 #26

Designed to specifically shut down internet criticism of the Trump Crime Syndicate. Irish_Dem Apr 11 #27

will impede the investigation and thereby interfere with the enforcement of federal law GreenWave Apr 11 #30

Where are the supposed libertarian types on the right like Rand Paul? SamuelAdams Apr 11 #34

We are now in full on fascist mode.... Joinfortmill Apr 11 #36

It was me, I'll be waiting ouija Apr 11 #43

My understanding is that snot Apr 11 #52

I think they should... kerouac2 Apr 11 #53

And they said we were exaggerating. enigmania Apr 11 #54

Our Government is our enemy people bluestarone Apr 11 #58

Hey MSM,can we use the name HITLER yet?? Nope,not yet? Not enought PROOF? Bengus81 Apr 11 #59

"I am Spartacus!" NM Grins Apr 11 #61

DU'er Demands Trump Reveal Identity of All His Cohorts in the Trump-Epstein sex, blackmail and money-laundering empire. usonian Apr 11 #62

There are thousands who criticize ICE. AllyCat Apr 11 #67

So still trying to revoke our free speech?? vapor2 Apr 12 #69

FU Trump!! 🖕🏾🖕🏾💩 signed, Spartacus RainCaster Apr 12 #70