Have you ever gotten a STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection also known as a STD) and not told your partner? Many of you may be thinking "Absolutely not!", "OMG, I can't believe she would ask something like that!", and some of you may be saying "Ummm, yeah but...". The point is, we don't talk about this. Correction, we talk about sex, but we don't talk about our short comings or more specifically telling someone that we've learned that we have an STI and they may be infected.
So here's the new thing... STD e-cards. You can actually send an anonymous e-card that tells your sexual partner that you have an STD and recommend that they get checked out. This idea was developed when an epidemic of syphilis in a gay male population encouraged public health researchers to try another tactic. The idea came from the idea that the men wanted to tell their partners, but thought it was difficult to face them with the news. With the decrease in public health funding, e-cards have becoming a contemporary necessity, and according to recipients of the e-cards- it works!. These e-cards are getting the job done because all we want is awareness. So, if you answered "Ummm, yeah but...", or at least thought that you may have responded in a situation like that... this may be for you. Get it out there, get 'em tested.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/10/21/std.e-cards/index.html
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