Let's Talk About Syphilis

Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH is an infectious disease specialist with a focus on LGBTQAI communities. He is the Acting Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, deployed from his position as the Director of the Division of HIV Prevention in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at CDC.
This video is a joint production of KFF’s GREATER THAN and CDC’s LET’S STOP HIV TOGETHER.
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TRANSCRIPT:
Stop right there. I got some good information for you. Watch this video.
Syphilis is an epidemic in the United States right now among men who have sex with men and other people.
So, it's really important that we know our syphilis status, just like our HIV status so that we can make sure that folks are treated and also prevent transmission to other people.