Wow, you must be an incredibly lucky guy - how many times is it that you've won the lottery now? I presume you must be on your 6th win.
Yes, the risk is higher but considering it was and still is (at the moment) so incredibly low, the risk is negligible, especially since he has been treated (but the first antibiotics they tried didn't work). There is definitely legitimate concern for the future though.
The risks for intractable diseases (HIV, Hep B etc) from OWO are obviously extremely low and getting lower. The risks for most other STIs are stable or getting a bit higher though (but you're still less likely to get something from just OWO).
Please explain why it hasn't spread like "wildfire" elsewhere but it would here.
I said it
could, and there is big concern that gonorrhea is starting to appear in the form of very antibiotic-resistant strains.
The risk of contracting gonorrhea in the UK is at the moment low because not many people have it - and that's because currently it is very treatable here. If a new, resistant strain were to appear here then there'd be more people with it and they'd be more likely to pass it on. I don't know how long the period is between contracting gonorrhea and obvious symptoms appearing, but there will be a window where even 'responsible' WGs are unaware of having it and are still working.
And as for the guy you mention above who has now been treated with more 'exotic' antibiotics, you'll note the article states his outcome is not yet known.
It's a basic fact that more and more bacteria (not just gonorrhea) are becoming resistant to traditional antibiotics.
So when weighing up the pros and cons of punting - including OWO - it's probably prudent to take the latest knowledge into account.
As for some others here who seem to think that the BBC just makes these things up because they're like your interfering auntie and they don't want us all to get sore willies, well that is exactly the thinking which might end up with getting a sore willy.
I'm sure wonderful new treatments will appear which will deal with tough bugs (including fucking with its DNA) but they aren't here yet.
So as ever, people are free to make their own decisions, keep their ear to the ground and be informed, and like with anything else, weigh up the risk/benefit ratio.