Mar 26, 2010

Does Facebook Cause Syphilis?



The next time you log onto your Facebook account, I want you to think about THIS: According to a top health official in the UK, Facebook causes SYPHILIS.

--Professor Peter Kelly is the Director of Public Health in an area in northeast England called Teesside.

--He says that in the parts of Britain where Facebook is most popular, rates of syphilis infection have QUADRUPLED.

--According to Professor Kelly, the explanation is that, quote, "Social networking sites are making it easier for people to meet up for casual sex."

--But according to a Facebook spokesman, quote, "The assertion that Facebook is responsible for the transmission of syphilis is ridiculous. Facebook is no more responsible for STD transmission than newspapers responsible for bad vision.

--"Today's reports exaggerate the comments made by the professor, and ignore the difference between correlation and causation."

--In other words, Facebook might make it easier to find a casual sex partner . . . but it only really matters if you're already carefree with your genitals.

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