Swiping right is the new meet cute.
And while the advent of Tinder and other online dating apps have increased our romantic activity, it seems there’s been a proportionately unpleasant rise in something else.
Yes, as our sexual appetite increases, so too has the number of STIs.
Yikes.
A study conducted by MedExpress.co.uk, which surveyed 2,899 young people over the age of 18, found that among the 1,440 respondents who used Tinder, rates of STIs were much higher.
76% of the group of Tinder users reported having contracted an STI compared to 38% of young people who didn’t user Tinder. This means those youths who were on Tinder were twice as likely to have picked up a sexually transmitted disease.
By all means keep up the cyber search for love, but if you do catch a Tinderfella, make sure to take precautions.
