[GolfGirl122]

Thank you Gracie, I read it as a joke also. I was going to post LOL - good one, but didn't want to be the first post - o well, no harm done - TV is a great place to live.

[vette]

The myth/story/fact of a high STD rate in TV has been discussed and disputed many times. To the best of my knowledge health records, including STD stats, are kept at the county level. While TV is a very large community it spans 3 counties, so I am suspect of any reporting that does not explain in detail it's data source. Being realistic we all know that reporters love to slant the news, and the facts, to suit there needs.

If you really are concerned stop by a county clerks office to ask where you can find health data yourself.

[cmj1210]

When I first bought here my sister who has a very large golf front home in Jupiter asked me about that. She also wanted to know if there were signs hanging up reminding people to be cautious. All I could do was laugh. [emoji12]

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Read the O.P.s post carefully once again. He is clowning around. He just made it up. It is meant to be a funny, If you read it carefully it is saying humorously that we no longer have people reporting us as passing around STDs and we have dropped the ball or ....the plural. He is asking us why we aren't out there spreading STDs and keeping up that old erroneous reporting from NINE years ago.


Go back and read it one more time. Read it and see if that isn't the gist of it. Rustyp you scoundrel. Many of us haven't taken our Blood Pressure medicine yet.

The original report said the STD was ("higher, than the national average"), and I believe the report, was erroneous.

It's like the old story where one person starts a story and by the time it's told to the tenth person, the story doesn't resemble anything like the original.

It's a wonderful activate community that shouldn't have it's reputation sullied by those who have no concept, of what it is really like here.

Sometimes, humor is lost, in this type of communication.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by rustyp

Read an article today in a northern NY newspaper about STD's. According to the CDC 2013 The Villages has a STD rate of 277.5 per one hundred thousand. This was one of the lowest rates in the country. A nearby comparison is Tampa / St Pete at 731.6 per one hundred thousand. The top ten cities in the US range from 1899.2 per one hundred thousand (#1) to 1489.2 per one hundred thousand (#10). What has happened to our active lifestyle?

Good spoof!

[DonH57]

I think the STD stories and numbers get circulated more than the actual STD's. Old news.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

If you came here with STD wouldn't you spread it if you are having sex with several partners on campus or off? probably going to get worse as baby boomers become majority? Yep, know what I'm saying

This is corrected at closing...................

[Topspinmo]

[QUOTE=Jima64;1092339]Most Tv seniors have regular health care checkups so wouldn't it be detected and possibly treated if possible. I would hope so and if you knew you were infected , what are your possible legal responsibilities. For hiv positive you can be prosecuted.[/QUOTE

You are not talking to me I assume? IMO they or their would of be better choice of words IMO of course. I NEVER had std. Lots of time between checkups and symptoms. Happy hour not so happy sometimes afterwords

[graciegirl]

[QUOTE=Topspinmo;1092538]

Originally Posted by Jima64

Most Tv seniors have regular health care checkups so wouldn't it be detected and possibly treated if possible. I would hope so and if you knew you were infected , what are your possible legal responsibilities. For hiv positive you can be prosecuted.[/QUOTE

You are not talking to me I assume? IMO they or their would of be better choice of words IMO of course. I NEVER had std. Lots of time between checkups and symptoms. Happy hour not so happy sometimes afterwords

It was a JOKE, son.

[MDLNB]

Originally Posted by Bay Kid

It is just a f_____ shame. I here about this and it always makes me mad. News media.... I think they all are just jealous of our great community.

[MDLNB]

Originally Posted by rustyp

Read an article today in a northern NY newspaper about STD's. According to the CDC 2013 The Villages has a STD rate of 277.5 per one hundred thousand. This was one of the lowest rates in the country. A nearby comparison is Tampa / St Pete at 731.6 per one hundred thousand. The top ten cities in the US range from 1899.2 per one hundred thousand (#1) to 1489.2 per one hundred thousand (#10). What has happened to our active lifestyle?

Good news. Kind of refutes that defamatory article that came out quite a while back, painting the Villages as some sort of Sodom and Gomorrah.

[Average Guy]

From the CDC, the data for The Villages is:

Population: 101,620

Chlamydia Cases: 233
Gonorrhea Cases: 47
Syphilis Cases: 2

Total STDs: 282

Rate per 100K population: 277.5

The city with the highest rate was Montgomery, AL with a rate of 1899.2 per 100K. The Villages is not even in the top 100. So, another myth shattered....

Source: https://www.rentapplication.com/thes...es-in-the-usa/

[tomwed]

I once had a runny nose that was diagnosed as sniffilis. Does that count?

[MDLNB]

Originally Posted by tomwed

I once had a runny nose that was diagnosed as sniffilis. Does that count?

[TheVillageChicken]

This thread has made me realize that a large number of folks respond based on the title without reading the OP.