Don't want to start a fight but you are wrong on this one. STD is still largely used as you can see here on CDC site, the main health agency in the US and the most important in the world.
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Information from CDC
Information, statistics, and treatment guidelines for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) from CDC's Division of STD Preventionwww.cdc.gov
I'm Canadian.
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) - Canada.ca
Prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) with links to resources for specific types (Chlamydia, herpes, gonorrhoea, HIV/AIDS), statistics, educational materials, self-learning modules, research, surveillance and support programs
I'm not trying to start an argument either but I'm definitely not wrong on this.
The World Health Organization, The Public Health Agency of Canada, and every provincal health Agency in Canada have switched to STI for many years now (since 2013, I believe)
Can you call it STD? By all means, do. Can the CDC use both terms? Of course. I know a lot of Americans still refer to STD's. They also still use the imperial system. What does that have to do with Canadians?
I did not say you were wrong using it, I explained that we've moved on to sti, which is demonstrably correct. I never said no one anywhere uses std. But the consensus here, among federal, provincial and other health bodies is that std is no longer the preferred term and has been replaced by sti. That's all.
Cheers
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