We also chose to disregard the possibility of crossreactions with pinta, bejel and yaws since these infections are extremely rarely diagnosed.
They cannot however distinguish between syphilis and the other treponematoses (yaws, pinta and non-venereal 'endemic syphilis').
We must stand by the daily "pinta" that appears on most doorsteps up and down the country.
Lobbying might not, but a general election certainly will, especially when people realise that the price of a doorstep pinta could be raised to 44p.
To the best of my recollection, the daily pinta was traded on the basis of tokens quite successfully for many years.
Can any housewife remember her daily "pinta" not being delivered?
The regulations also pose a threat to the daily pinta.
Then we would know that we still had our pinta.
