I’ve encountered more cases of syphilis in the last 2 yrs than across the span of the last 20yrs. So, maybe.

Someone comes in with “altered mental status” and we were reaching for answers, to find the cause, so test, and find syphilis. So now we test more for this thing we rarely tested for and find more syphilis.

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/31/1228195107/syphilis-cases-soar-in-us-cdc-says