The STD "thing" came from a news article about the growing rate of STD in the elderly. A public health nurse was quoted in the article regarding a recent spike in the STD reporting in the villages. It made national news because it seemed unconventional to have a spike in STD reportings in a community of mostly retired people. The story has NEVER gone away. Anyone in the public health field knows that spikes occur in every city. The rate of reporting is constantly changing with spikes and leveling off. The article never said the the STD rate was the highest is Florida. It simply stated that the Villages had spikes in disease reporting just like any other community. Over the years the story has been embellished again and again.
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