New Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Strain Found

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 47•28 • Jul 13, 2011

Investigators at the Centers for Disease Control have identified a new strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to the effects of most antibiotics. What do you think?

“If only those goddamn bioethicists would quit meddling with my gonorrhea-resistant human research.”
Allison Stratton –
Biologist
“Hey, ladies, no worries here. My gonorrhea is still 100 percent treatable by cephalosporins. So what do you say, mamacita?”
Jason Bayley –
Systems Analyst
“Suddenly I don't really want to get gonorrhea anymore.”
Mike Di’Anno –
Unemployed

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