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Nurse Holly Abstinence STD Prevention Controversy refers to a viral video of a nurse telling TikTok viewers that the best way to prevent STDs is to wait to have sex until you're married. The video went viral on Twitter in January 2020 and was criticized by those who argued against abstinence-only sex education.

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On January 10th, 2020, Twitter user @dumbbitchmargo reposted a (since deleted) TikTok video by @nursehollyofficial^[5] (Shown below). The video captioned, "if i go to get tested and the nurse tell me i should have waited till marriage SOMEONE is getting knocked tf out" gained over 128,600 likes and 18,700 retweets in four days.

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On January 12th, 2020, Twitter user @MicHinojosa posted a TikTok in response to Holly's using the same format (shown below). The video garnered over 4,300 likes and 400 retweets in two days.

That day, many Twitter user criticized Holly's message. Twitter user @INDIEWASHERE^[4] tweeted, "wtf you wait till marriage and then u have sex and then you find your husband has chlamydia and give it to u what happens then lmao" (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated over 13,800 likes and 1,500 retweets in two days. Over the next few days Twitter users began to comment on the recent rise of controversial TikTok nurses, for example, the nurse dancing to a patient hyperventilating controversy. Twitter user @jpbrammer^[1], tweeted, "screaming in the background of a nurse's TikTok as the hospital bed folds in on me like a clam" (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 5,700 likes and 700 retweets in a day. Both the Daily Dot^[3] and BuzzFeed^[2] reported on the video.

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