30 September

This is average number of sexual partners for some countries. It’s a perfect example for me of how we don’t take infection seriously. Having multiple sexual partners supercharges the virulence of STIs. HIV became lethal in highly promiscuous communities. Humans are not free, because of infection. We’re in a pandemic, which makes it more visible, acute infections get attention. But add chronic infections, like STIs and heart disease/stroke, and you can see pretty quickly that we’re in a permanent pandemic.