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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.

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  • “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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