Alert for a new sexually transmitted fungal infection, embracing the unknowns, tax time and viewer comments about consent and etiquette.
Our Daily Inspiration: Accept the full force of your mystery
- Embrace your unknowns – the new questions that arise, let them exist.
- Let go of the need for immediate, logical explanation or certainty in everything.
- Finding comfort in the inherent, unfolding process of life – trust in the journey.
Check In: Tax Time
- Put it off until the last minutes as always
- Gig work, corporation tax return
- Changing income formula requires constant adjustments to the withholding or tax prepayment scenarios.
Sexual Health Alert: TMVII sexually transmitted fungal infection emerging
- Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII) is an emerging, highly contagious, and often painful sexually transmitted fungal infection.
- A form of ringworm, it causes causing inflamed, itchy, and scaly skin rashes, found primarly in areas of sexual contact including the genitals, buttocks, and face.
- First identified in the US in 2024, it is primarily reported among men who have sex with men (MSM).
- Treatment requires extended oral anti-fungal treatment with medications such as terbinafine or itraconazole.
- Avoid skin-to-skin contact, including sexual activity with infected person(s).
- Can also be be transmitted via contaminated towels, clothing, bedding and sex toys.
Viewer Comments:
Question on our video about sex play space etiquette: How often do smaller or younger or inebriated guys get raped in these places?
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