Dating Apps Blamed For A Rise In STIs? What the… !
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A leading dating expert has recently criticized dating apps, accusing them of being responsible for a recent rise in STI’s. They’ve claimed that dating sites like Tinder, Grindr and Happn 'have to invest more time in pushing a safe sex message’.
Why? In 2014, the number of people being diagnosed with syphilis in England went up by a third, whilst the rate of gonorrhoea diagnosis increased by 19%. In a world with advanced understanding of prevention and diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases, these are worrying stats.