According to statistics less than half of adults aged 18-44 have EVER been tested for any STD outside of HIV. It is estimated over 65 million people are STD infected in America and there are 19 million new infections each year. In a national review on US National Physicians less than 1/3 routinely test their patients for STD’s. Each year one in four teens contracts a STD. One in two sexually active people will contract an STD by the time they are 25. It is estimated 1 in 5 americans have genital herpes and about 90% of those people don’t even know they have it!!! With over 50 million adults in the US with genital herpes and 1.6 million new infections each year it is estimated 40% of the population in the US will have it by 2025! Each year there are almost 3 million new cases of Chlamydia many of which are teens and young adults. The CDC recommends that all women under 25 who are sexually active be tested often for it. Regardless of this advice only 30% of women under 25 were screened under commercial health care plans and 45% under Medicaid health plans. 15% of infertile women can contribute it to an untreated STD. Yes ladies untreated STD’s can prevent you from being able to have kids!! 15% is a high number! Women who get repeated STD’s were found only to have a 60% chance of not becoming infertile even with use of a condom.

PREMIERE OF THE FIERCE AND DJ SNIPER SHOW ON SUNDAY JULY 20TH, FROM 7-9PM EST. MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN FOR THE SHOW, NEW MUSIC FROM TON3X AND SYLEENA JOHNSON, AND PART ONE OF THE STD EPIDEMIC SERIES! DJ SNIPER WILL BE HANDLING HIS BIZ ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL, DO NOT MISS OUR FIRST SHOW IT WILL BE BLAZING!

THE TOPIC THIS WEEK WILL BE PART ONE OF THE STD EPIDEMIC IN THE YOUNG AND BLACK COMMUNITY. WOULD YOU REQUIRE YOUR MATE TO BE TESTED BEFORE ANY POSSIBILITY OF A RELATIONSHIP PERIOD, WOULD YOU REQUIRE THEM TO BE TESTED AT ALL? TUNE IN AT WWW.99THEJOYNT.COM , WE WILL BE GOING FM AND XM SOON IN THE NEW YORK TRI STATE AREA SO KEEP IT LOCKED SO YOU KNOW WHEN WE GO TO THE DIAL!

Fierce, Queen of Grown and Sexy on the Joynt