• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This isn’t rare or increasing, it’s just that one generation is now in the age bracket for it. “Gen alpha is seeing a surge in highschool graduations” would be equally likely in the near future. It’s not surprising, it’s a long-standing trend associated with age.

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      3 months ago

      Did you have a rebuttal to the specific claims in this article, like chlamydia (plus gonorrhea, syphilis) tripling among seniors in the past decade? It certainly sounds like it’s increasing to me, but I’m not an expert on this

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        3 months ago

        I don’t, I’ll have to look more into it. Having (somewhat recently) done work in nursing homes, I personally didn’t view this as a new problem, but my information could be biased or outdated.

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    3 months ago

    STIs have been a massive issue in nursing homes for decades. What’s special about boomers? Just that they’re now the largest generational influx?

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    3 months ago

    Why ‘S-E-X’?
    Are they aware that spelling something out isn’t working the same way as I’m speech - and even then, why not just talk about sex?