return2ozma@lemmy.worldBanned from community to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoA Sexually Transmitted Fungus Is Making Itself Cozy in the USgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down11
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minus-squareTyphoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up76·2 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-up38·2 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-up13·2 months agoI didn’t even know I had a cat, so I’m excited for the possibilities!
minus-squarein_my_honest_opinion@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoEvery citizen shall be issued a cat from their local ASPCA
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoi’m sorry, i’m thinking about cats again
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoRingworm is a fungus? Dafuq? What moron thought that was a good name choice?
minus-squarephx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoIsn’t it also transmissible by skin contact and not just sexual contact?
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoYes. And not just skin-to-skin, but also things like bath towels. But it’s gizmodo, which has always been trash.
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
Ringworm is a fungus? Dafuq? What moron thought that was a good name choice?
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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.