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# Facebook 'linked to rise in syphilis'
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## Facebook has contributed to a resurgence in the sexually-transmitted
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disease syphilis, a health expert has claimed.
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![Facebook in the office: Social media's success formula][1]
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Facebook has been linked to a resurgence in the sexually-transmitted disease
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syphilis, according to health experts. Photo: BLOOMBERG
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6:30AM GMT 24 Mar 2010
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[Comments][2]
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Case have increased fourfold in Sunderland, Durham and Teesside, the areas of
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Britain where Facebook is most popular.
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Professor Peter Kelly, director of public health in Teesside, claimed staff
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had found a link between social networking sites and the spread of the
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bacteria, especially among young women.
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He said: "Syphilis is a devastating disease. Anyone who has unprotected sex
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with casual partners is at high risk.
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"There has been a fourfold increase in the number of syphilis cases detected
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with more young women being affected.
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"I don't get the names of people affected, just figures, and I saw that
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several of the people had met sexual partners through these sites.
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"Social networking sites are making it easier for people to meet up for casual
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sex."
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In Teesside there were 30 recorded cases of syphilis last year, but the true
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figures are expected to be much higher.
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Research has shown that young people in Sunderland, Durham and Teesside were
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25 per cent more likely to log onto social networking sites than those in the
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rest of Britain.
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A Facebook spokesman said: "The assertion that Facebook is responsible for the
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transmission of syphilis is ridiculous. Facebook is no more responsible for
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STD transmission than newspapers responsible for bad vision. Today's reports
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exaggerate the comments made by the professor, and ignore the difference
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between correlation and causation.
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"As Facebook's more than 400 million users know, our website is not a place to
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meet people for casual sex - it's a place for friends, family and co-workers
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to connect and share."
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