return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoA Sexually Transmitted Fungus Is Making Itself Cozy in the USgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkA Sexually Transmitted Fungus Is Making Itself Cozy in the USgizmodo.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareTyphoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 months ago A sexually transmitted form of roundworm is making a gross splash in the United States. The first sentence is wrong. It’s not roundworm. Roundworms are actual worms. It’s talking about ringworm which is a fungus.
minus-squarein_my_honest_opinion@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoYes and, not just one fungus but a family of fungi! Also it doesn’t have to be sexually transmitted, you can get it from shared surfaces at the gym, public showers and even your pet cat. https://www.cdc.gov/ringworm/about/index.html
minus-squareInvalidName2@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoI didn’t even know I had a cat, so I’m excited for the possibilities!
minus-squarein_my_honest_opinion@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoEvery citizen shall be issued a cat from their local ASPCA
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoi’m sorry, i’m thinking about cats again
minus-squarephx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoIsn’t it also transmissible by skin contact and not just sexual contact?
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoYes. And not just skin-to-skin, but also things like bath towels. But it’s gizmodo, which has always been trash.
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoRingworm is a fungus? Dafuq? What moron thought that was a good name choice?
The first sentence is wrong. It’s not roundworm. Roundworms are actual worms. It’s talking about ringworm which is a fungus.
Yes and, not just one fungus but a family of fungi! Also it doesn’t have to be sexually transmitted, you can get it from shared surfaces at the gym, public showers and even your pet cat.
https://www.cdc.gov/ringworm/about/index.html
I didn’t even know I had a cat, so I’m excited for the possibilities!
Every citizen shall be issued a cat from their local ASPCA
i’m sorry, i’m thinking about cats again
Isn’t it also transmissible by skin contact and not just sexual contact?
Yes. And not just skin-to-skin, but also things like bath towels.
But it’s gizmodo, which has always been trash.
Ringworm is a fungus? Dafuq? What moron thought that was a good name choice?
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