8 things that can go wrong when online dating
You can get a sexually transmitted disease
The Public Health Agency of Canada found that since 1999, there has been a startling rise in sexually transmitted infections. Now with the relative ease of finding dates thanks to technology, online daters face a greater risk of getting a sexually transmitted disease, says a study. "There is that chemistry thing online," Cindy Masaro, a PhD candidate and nurse clinician at the STI/HIV clinic at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, told The Vancouver Sun. "I started seeing friends that were in these totally intimate relationships with people they'd never met before."
Author: Ysolt Usigan
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