Social Media Messages
Share these social media messages on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to help amplify STD awareness and prevention messages in your community. Select messages that align with your audiences and goals. Additional suggestions to keep in mind:
- Use #STDreport on Twitter and Instagram to join the conversation and share information, pictures and videos.
- Customize messages with local data and testing options. Incorporate local hashtags that may help your messages reach your target audience.
- Enhance your content with ready-made graphics.
- Follow and tag @CDCSTD on Twitter and CDC STD on Facebook.
- See Preliminary 2021 STD Surveillance Data for the most recently available national-level data.
- To customize messages with state-level data, use either the latest available data your state has or the most recently available data from CDC, which can be found in Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2020.
Reported STDs in the U.S. continued to increase during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis reported in 2021. https://bit.ly/3CwtKhJ #STDreport
Congenital syphilis continues to be a consequence of the U.S. syphilis epidemic. In 2021, over 2,600 cases of congenital syphilis were reported. Here’s what people can do about this 100% preventable infection: https://bit.ly/3CwtKhJ #STDreport
Early data show 2.5 million U.S. cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea & syphilis were reported in 2021. You can take steps to protect yourself & your partner(s): https://bit.ly/3KwcZV2. #STDreport
STDs are common, but you can prevent them: Prepare Before You’re There! Brush up on your #SaferSexGamePlan and add a few tips to your toolkit! https://bit.ly/3KwcZV2 #STDreport
Early data show STDs increased across the board in 2021. Protect your sexual health with a #SaferSexGamePlan!
Prevention decisions are easier before you go out or swipe right. https://bit.ly/3KwcZV2 #STDreport
Clinicians: 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were reported in the U.S. in 2021. You can use CDC’s STI Treatment Guidelines to treat infections! https://bit.ly/2UN7Z9J #STDreport
Customize Messages for Local STD Testing
These messages can be customized with local STD data and care information that your organization is offering. In addition to traditional, in-person visits, some other services to promote include video or phone appointments, express visits, pharmacies or retail health clinics for testing and treatment, and at-home collection kits.
In [insert year], [organization’s state/county/city] had [number, based on Surveillance Report] cases of #chlamydia, #gonorrhea, and #syphilis. Know your testing options and #GYT. [Organization] is offering [testing strategy, dates, location]. [Contact information/organization link] #STDreport
In [insert year], [organization’s state/county/city] had [number, based on Surveillance Report] cases of #chlamydia, #gonorrhea, and #syphilis. Know your testing options! [Organization] is offering [testing strategy, dates, location]. [Contact information/organization link] #TalkTestTreat #STDreport
In [insert year], [organization’s state/county/city] had [number, based on Surveillance Report] STD cases. Learn your risk at https://go.usa.gov/xzy9N, then get tested if needed: [location, date]. [Contact information/organization link] #SaferSexGamePlan #STDreport