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The pandemic has not caused a super-gonorrhea outbreak, but experts say it could – Business Insider Australia
If you scrolled through Twitter over the weekend, you may have encountered a trending and terrifying phrase: super-gonorrhea.
- “Super-gonorrhea” began trending on Twitter over the weekend after a World Health Organisation representative told the Sun the STI may be becoming more resistant to antibiotics.
- The pandemic has not created a super strain of gonorrhea, nor do we have evidence of rising cases yet.
- But experts told Insider the over-prescription of antibiotics – either in attempts to treat COVID-19 or to treat related infections – could be making the STI more resistant to treatment.
- Super-gonorrhea is not more severe…
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