Tinder might be to blame for rise in syphilis among millennials

[rangerrebew]

Tinder might be to blame for rise in syphilis among millennials, by Naomi Schaefer Riley.

    How did you like the 15th century? Not so much? Too bad because syphilis is making a comeback.

    According to a new report issued last week by the Centers for Disease Control, there has been a spike in the number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia and gonorrhea, but syphilis came out on top with a whopping 19 percent rise over just last year. The spike was felt most by young people aged 15-24.

    Some experts have pointed to the “Tinder effect,” the idea that online hookup sites are making casual anonymous sex easier and more common than it used to be. It’s true that millennials generally are less likely to be sexually active in their 20s than previous generations and the age of first sexual intercourse has ticked upward in recent years, but it seems that the segment of the population who are having casual sex are having more of it and more of it anonymously.

https://wentworthreport.com/2016/10/31/tinder-might-be-to-blame-for-rise-in-syphilis-among-millennials/

[rangerrebew]

I'm certain it isn't possible the increase has something to do with the massive invasion of America.

[Oceander]

I'm certain it isn't possible the increase has something to do with the massive invasion of America.

Good, because it has nothing to do with it. 

[jmyrlefuller]

Embrace dangerous sex practices, get the consequences.

We learned it with AIDS 35 years ago, then forgot it.

[Frank Cannon]

Embrace dangerous sex practices, get the consequences.

We learned it with AIDS 35 years ago, then forgot it.

Same story different year. Anyone catch the new ad on TV directed at Baby Boomers for Hep C treatment? Wonder how so many Sex, Drugs and Rockin' Rollers got that?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-hepatitis-c-outlook-health-1007-20151001-story.html

[Smokin Joe]

Same story different year. Anyone catch the new ad on TV directed at Baby Boomers for Hep C treatment? Wonder how so many Sex, Drugs and Rockin' Rollers got that?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-hepatitis-c-outlook-health-1007-20151001-story.html

Not to mention it only takes one little Herpe.

[dfwgator]

Ya think?

[geronl]

Let's blame behavior and not some object

[dfwgator]

Let's blame behavior and not some object

Maybe "blame" is the wrong word, but it sure facilitates it.

[Smokin Joe]

Let's blame behavior and not some object

That would be correct. Lookin's free, as Mae West used to say. It's going beyond that that gets costly.

[Smokin Joe]

Maybe "blame" is the wrong word, but it sure facilitates it.

If people don't act on it, it won't happen. Long way from looking at a phone to exchanging bodily fluids, and some decisions have to be made on the part of a couple of people before that happens. It boils down to the actions of the people involved, whether or not the app makes it easier for them to engage in them.

[mirraflake]

I'm certain it isn't possible the increase has something to do with the massive invasion of America.

Nope..mostly gay driven.

@rangerrebew

[Sanguine]

Let's blame behavior and not some object

Yep, it's Tinder and not rampant promiscuous behavior.

[Frank Cannon]

Yep, it's Tinder and not rampant promiscuous behavior.

If you put buckets of high quality cocaine on every street corner, do you think that drug use would increase or stay the same?

[geronl]

Because of the media and the leftist influence on culture and schools, we have become a more and more depraved society.

But then again, I'm a lousy Ned Flanders type