2020 STD rates drop, but so do tests, from '19 numbers
report, which was released August 11, year-to-date reported cases of gonorrhea declined from 2,524 in 2019 to 2,063 in 2020. Year-to-date reported cases of chlamydia declined from 4,775 in 2019 to 3,053 in 2020.Reported syphilis cases were down slightly, from 914 to 826 in the same timeframe, but 2020 has seen a rise in cases of primary and secondary syphilis, unknown latent syphilis, and cases among women.Janessa Broussard, the senior director of clinical services for Magnet, the sexual health clinic located at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation's Strut health center in the Castro, told the Bay Area Reporter that people should be cautious about what the numbers represent.
