Inform Partner of Exposure to an STD with an E-Card
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Learning that you have a sexually transmitted disease (STD) can bring up many different emotions. However embarrassing, it is absolutely imperative that you inform your current and recent partners. As it seems, you can do almost everything online, including informing partners of STD status via an e-card.
In the U.S. there are 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases diagnosed each year. As a way to get more people to inform their partners about having an STD, an organization called inSPOT.org was formed. Their informational approach is to send an e-card.
To inform someone about an STD with an e-card, go to the website by typing www.inSPOT.org in your browser. On the main page is a list of cities, states, and a few international locations. Scroll down to find your area.
Click on your city, state or area. This takes you to a new page where your option is to "tell them" or "get checked." Click the "tell them" tab. Telling someone that they may have acquired an STD from you in the responsible thing to do.
To inform your partners they may have been exposed to an STD, you need to choose an e-card, create your message, preview it, and then send it to past partners or encounters. These e-cards include resources and information for the recipient.
Get tested! No matter your feelings about being tested for STDs, whether it is embarrassment, shame, or a neutral feeling it is very important to do it. Not getting a test can equal death.
It may seem a strange way to inform someone they might have been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease, but since its inception inSPOT.org has helped notify almost 50,000 people. Anonymous is better than not knowing.
In the U.S. there are 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases diagnosed each year. As a way to get more people to inform their partners about having an STD, an organization called inSPOT.org was formed. Their informational approach is to send an e-card.
Tips & Warnings
- if you have had any type of sexual relationship, get tested
- make testing a part of your healthy lifestyle
- you are not immune to exposure to STDs just because you are heterosexual, bisexual, lesbian, gay, transgendered, queer, or otherwise identified.
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