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 is a member of Shelby County’s Council on Gun Safety and 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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