Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/08/22/flesh-eating-bacteria-that-cau.html
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Back in my day, we just called it Hurdy Gurdy Man’s itch.
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Listen up folks: The destructive nature of donovanosis also increases the risk of superinfection by other pathogenic microbes.
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Protip duly noted.
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Oh well. The lunch I had packed for today wasn’t an especially tasty one anyway.
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Damn, beat me to it.
My mother always said he was like Dylan, but without the, well, you know.
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infect[ing] the skin around the genitals, groin or anal area and causes lesions and skin disintegration as the flesh effectively consumes itself…
…but it’s not being diagnosed because people figure it’s nothing, probably clear up in a few days.
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These days it might make sense to call it Tindervitis.
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disease called Donovanosis
Caps? Is it a brand name?
Why get the boring old flu when you can contract Flu!
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They capitalize Cancer, AIDS and HIV… and those aren’t ‘brands’ that anyone would ever willingly “purchase.”
Protip: the English language is weird.
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Donovanosis, huh?
I’ve always fancied that one day, something would be named after me, but…
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Well, I was going to research Donovanosis to see if it is named after someone or some place that justifies the capitalization, but then I decided I really don’t want to go down the possibly photo-filled rabbit hole 
AIDS and HIV, on the other hand, are initializations, which are something that we generally capitalize.
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Ebola.
Zika.
I reiterate; English is weird.
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And this is showing up in a country that has a sane healthcare system.
I’m always putting off going to the doctor because of our fucked up healthcare system in the US.
… I’m not pleased with this news. Time to head home, lock the doors and hope for the best.
Click!
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Cancer isn’t capitalized. AIDS and HIV are acronyms which play by different rules.
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I thought this was a quip about Nigel Farage. He’s popped up here again, rot him.
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I want to have a word with whoever’s writing the script for this timeline. They’ve gone from exaggerating for effect to just plain nasty.
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First there was a penis, then there was no penis, then there (oh, wait …)
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Juanita used to be Juan until it was gone.
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