Did COVID 19 Cause Super Gonorrhea?

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* 1. Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the second most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) and results in substantial morbidity and a huge economic cost worldwide. Super gonorrhea is :
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-antimicrobial-awareness-week/2018/features-from-around-the-world/super-gonorrhoea-q-a-with-dr.-teodora-wi

https://www.cdc.gov/std/gonorrhea/arg/default.htm

Is an extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea with high-level resistance to the current recommended treatment for gonorrhea (ceftriaxone and azithromycin) including resistance to penicillin, sulphonamides, tetracycline, fluoroquinolones, macrolides.

Gonorrhea “superbug” had been reported by several countries including France, Japan and Spain, and this year also in UK and Australia.

It is critical to continuously monitor antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and encourage research and development of new treatment regimens.

All of the above

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* 2. Current clinical management of COVID-19 consists of infection prevention and control measures and supportive care, including supplemental oxygen and mechanical ventilatory support when indicated. FDA has approved one drug, remdesivir (Veklury), for the treatment of COVID-19 in certain situations.https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/therapeutic-options.html

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* 3. mRNA vaccines are a new type of vaccine to protect against infectious diseases. To trigger an immune response, many vaccines put a weakened or inactivated germ into our bodies. Not mRNA vaccines. Instead, they teach our cells how to make a protein—or even just a piece of a protein—that triggers an immune response inside our bodies. That immune response, which produces antibodies, is what protects us from getting infected if the real virus enters our bodies.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/mrna.html

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