Colbert Has Area's Highest STD Rate

 

If you're tired of Colbert County always being last in northwest Alabama, rejoice. That county is now number one...in sexually transmitted diseases. According to the latest health department statistics, the rate is 8.7 per 1K of the population. Lauderdale is next with 7.4. The most common infection is chlamydia, with syphilis being second.

The healthiest county, sexually speaking? That's Marion with only 4.4 per 1K infected. There you go, readers - choose your dating pool carefully.

Conceivably that rate could rise if the SCOTUS revisits the public's right to birth control which includes condoms. We were shocked to learn that it is still technically a federal crime to sell birth control. The court declared access to birth control a right in 1972, but if Clarence Thomas has his way, that could change.

Shh! Don't tell our state legislature. They might decide to pass a state law backing up the federal Comstock law. After all, they'll do anything to get out of expanding Medicaid for the state's low income children.