BUST THAT MYTH... about STDs

ONLY SLUTTY PEOPLE GET STDs

No. If you’re having sex and you’re not using condoms consistently and correctly, everyone’s at risk from these infections. You cannot tell who’s infected or who’s not. The only way to know is to get checked by a health care professional.

YOU CAN GET AN STD FROM A TOILET SEAT

This myth persists to this day but it’s not true. In general, these organisms don’t survive for very long outside of the human body. We don’t believe toilet seats harbour viruses or bacteria that can infect you when you sit down.

YOU CAN ONLY GET THE SAME STD ONCE

For the viral STDs like HIV and herpes, once you’re infected you’re infected for life. It’s very important for people to know, once they’ve had chlamydia, gonorrhoea, or syphilis and they have been treated and cured, they are susceptible again.