Thank you, Madam Chair. Maybe the Minister can help me too with this one; or Mr. Murray, perhaps. I know two of my colleagues have raised this issue; not this issue specifically, but the publication that just recently came out on STIs. Who made the decision to go from what was termed a sexually-transmitted disease to a sexually-transmitted infection? The reason I say that is because disease puts the fear of God into young people, if they think they are going to get a disease as opposed to an infection. If you go strictly on that, it's counterproductive to start calling it an STI when most young people and most residents know it as an STD. I think the disease part of that equation really causes people to pay attention. If it's an infection, it's just an infection, so I will go sleep with this person or that person and not worry about it. So I think what we've done is backtracked on where we are going with promoting healthy lifestyles. Maybe the Minister could comment on that. Who made the decision to go to STIs as opposed to STDs? Thank you.
David Ramsay on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 18th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 17th, 2005
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