eli5: Why did we go from calling sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?
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The short answer is:
a disease is a body process that can harm or kill you. It just happens in the body.
An infection is caught from someone else (COVID, flu, syphilis, gonorrhea, etc).
Generally speaking, an infection can be cured and be gone, but a disease must be managed.
~Jail Nurse
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