Hook Up Apps Like Tinder Are Being Blamed For The Rise In STD’s

Do you guys use Tinder? Well there was some disturbing statistics that came out based on the use of hookup apps like Tinder.

According to The Rhode Island department of health, STD’s are way up because of apps that make it easy for people to meet their ‘perfect match’.

Via Cnn:

Rhode Island’s Department of Health says that sexually transmitted diseases are way up in the state, in part because of the increase of hookup apps like Tinder.

Between 2013 and 2014, cases of syphilis grew by 79%. HIV infections were up 33% and gonorrhea cases increased by 30%. STD cases for young adults are growing at a faster rate than the rest of the population.

Rhode Island says the recent uptick in STD cases follows a national trend. The state’s health department blamed “high-risk behaviors that have become more common in recent years,” including “using social media to arrange casual and often anonymous sexual encounters.”
A spokesman for Tinder did not respond to a request for comment.

Social media and online hookup apps have been blamed for a rise in STDs in the past.
A 2013 New York University study found that Craigslist was responsible for a 16% increase in HIV cases between 1999 and 2008 across 33 states. Grinder, a hookup app for gay men, was associated with more than half of all syphilis cases in New Zealand in 2012, according to Christchurch Sexual Health Clinic.

“These new data underscore the importance of encouraging young people to begin talking to a doctor, nurse, or health educator about sexual health,” said Rosemary Reilly-Chammat, an HIV/AIDS sexuality specialist for the Rhode Island Department of Education, in a press release.

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Many of us take sexual health for granted which is what the real issue is despite what app comes out and what it does. Wrap it up and see your doctor regularly! Education is key!