On July 1, I had the honour to lead the singing of “O Canada” at the Lieutenant Governor’s Garden Party at Government House in celebration of Canada Day. And here’s a video! Here I am …
My young-YA/middle-grade fantasy Fireboy, already a finalist for Best Young Adult Novel in this year’s Aurora Awards and finalist for a 2027 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award in the Northern Lights Division, has just been …
Had a great time being part of the cast of Regina Lyric Musical Theatre‘s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I played Fogg (the insane asylum keeper) and also sang in …
My young-YA/middle-grade fantasy Fireboy, a nominee for Best Young Adult Novel in this year’s Aurora Awards, is also a finalist for the 2027 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award in the Northern Lights Division. This is …
I’m thrilled to announce that I’m up for two Aurora Awards this year! Fireboy is on the ballot for Best Young Adult Novel, and The Worldshapers is once again on the ballot for Best Fan …
I spent a good chunk of today at Wordbridge, the annual writers’ conference in Lethbridge, Alberta. My main reason for coming was to launch a Shadowpaw Press title (Broken Realm by Jenna Greene, a Lethbridge …
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What’s wrong with this headline?
The study does NOT say that Virgins have same rate of sexually transmitted diseases as non-virgins; that’s ridiculous on the face of it. If you haven’t had sex, you’re unlikely to have developed a sexually transmitted disease.
It says kids who pledge abstinence don’t have a lower rate of STDs than kids who do. That says more about the kids’ ability to keep their pledge than the value of abstinence in warding off STDs.
You’d think a Web site that fancies itself the home of “Medical News Today” could do a little better.
UPDATE: Well, what do you know! I e-mailed Medical News Today about the offending headline, and it now reads “So called virgins” instead of just “virgins.”
The newspaper editor I used to be is warmed by this example of a publication willing to correct an error. Way to go!
Permanent link to this article: https://edwardwillett.com/2004/03/whats-wrong-with-this-headline/
