2010-05-05, 11:59 AM
Quote:Media reports say cases of the venereal disease have increased fourfold in Sunderland, Durham and Teesside, the areas of Britain where the social networking site is most popular, according to the U.K.'s Telegraph. The resurgence of syphilis cases among young women shows Facebook has become a new way to for people to hook up for casual sexual encounters with multiple partners, says Peter Kelly, a local public health official, in the article. A headline in the tabloid The Sun screams: "Sex diseases soaring due to Facebook romps."[url=http://srph.it/cQSUxG][/url]
In reality, there are many reasons for rising STD rates besides social networking. A 2008 study by the UK's Health Protection Agency attributed the gains to increased unsafe sexual practices, along with increased rates of testing and improved diagnostic methods.
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