Opinion: On STD rates, we need to start having ‘uncomfortable conversations’
The Shelby County Health Department unveiled a free in-home HIV-testing kit April 14. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Erica May
Erica May is an emergency number professional (911) and works in public safety. She studied at the Naval Postgraduate Academy Center for Homeland Defense and Security and is a proud resident of South Memphis. Erica is a periodic contributor to The Daily Memphian.
“If middle school students are having unprotected sex and contracting sexually transmitted infections, do we really think they are going to log onto a website and order a test?”
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