You've got mail — and possibly an STD
Brazil creates e-cards to inform partners of infection
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian Health Ministry has created a Web site to let people inform partners they’ve got a sexually transmitted disease via an e-mailed virtual postcard.
The official in charge of the ministry’s STD and AIDs programs notes that many people have a hard time telling partners they’re infected.
Mariangela Simao said in a statement this week that the e-mails may help people “to tackle these diseases directly and with minimum exposure.”
One of the cards shows a young man reclining in his underwear. It reads: “Hi! I don’t know if this is the best way to tell you, but I’ve learned that I have an STD.”
The card suggests the recipient see a doctor.
This may be the death of common courtesy in this country. We've all gotten so desensitized because we refuse to have face to face interaction. Sure, it would be easier to break up with a girlfriend or quit a job via email, but we set those tasks into a special category that requires face time. I would hope telling someone you gave them the pants junk would fall in that category. If I ever get one of those cards I'm going to start an all-out smear campaign. I guess I'm just old fashoined. If I have to find out I have AIDS I want it to go like this:
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