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Facebook Syphilis

  • 25-03-2010 12:36am
    #1
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭


    You thought those Facebook Virus emails were bad, some emails contain real viruses:

    Facebook 'linked to rise in syphilis' -
    Telegraph

    The study was done in Teeside and Sunderland so there maybe other factors at work here!

    Sorry, no Daily Mail "does Facebook give you Syphilis?" headline!

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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  • #2
    Smcgie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭Smcgie


    Research has shown that young people in Sunderland, Durham and Teesside were 25 per cent more likely to log onto social networking sites than those in the rest of Britain.

    This means that 25% of people in Sunderland, Durhan and Teesside have no life!


  • #3
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    As much as I hate facebook I can't blame peoples stupidity on it. It's just that it attracts and encourages stupidity.


  • #4
    Danbo!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    is anyone free to think of the children? im about to hit the hay


  • #5
    Mrmoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,215 ✭✭✭Mrmoe


    I though herpes would be more prolific.


  • #6
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    Stee wrote: »
    is anyone free to think of the children? im about to hit the hay

    I blame Facebook myself.

    "I mean, Do you know Your children have a .0000000002% chance of catching Syphilis from Facebook?"

    Poses Journalist as a 11 year old.

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  • #7
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    *awaits someone to mention FriendFace*


  • #8
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    A Facebook spokesman said: users should "take precautions"

    That's it - next time I use Facebook, I'm definitely going to wear a condom.


  • #9
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,460 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Another stupid theroy


  • #10
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    I think the fact that the survey was done in Sunderland and Teeside was more important than Facebook.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #11
    The_B_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,893 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    more likely its more people getting in touch over facebook and hooking up with each other, which they would never be able to do otherwise.


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  • #12
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    This is why I don't believe in social networking.


  • #13
    The_Minister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭The_Minister


    m@cc@ wrote: »
    *awaits someone to mention FriendFace*

    :confused:
    Please, tell us more.


  • #14
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    Correlation is not causation...


  • #15
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    adrian280582 wrote: »
    Another stupid theroy

    :)


  • #16
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    Correlation is not causation...

    Of course it is. Just like the way the increased use of mobile phones has led to the rise in auto-tune being used on pop songs.

    There's no proof for it but it's a scientific fact.


  • #17
    Onikage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭Onikage


    The_Minister wrote: »
    :confused:
    Please, tell us more.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pebihz0FJA


  • #18
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,549 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    Syphilis isn't caused by a virus, it's caused by a bacterium called Treponema pallidum.
    Kinda says a lot about the quality of the article really.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #19
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    Syphilis isn't caused by a virus, it's caused by a bacterium called Treponema pallidum.
    Kinda says a lot about the quality of the article really.
    And bacterias can't infect your internet and get to you through facebook those lier's!


  • #20
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,549 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    Bit of a shame they couldn't have just put the word "syphilis" into wikipedia and read the first sentence of the article.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #21
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    People clearly need to stop sticking their penises in and rubbing their vagina against facebook.

    Durty Durty


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  • #22
    gandalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    Men & Women meet up and have sex shocker!!!!


  • #23
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    Syphilis isn't caused by a virus...
    Kinda says a lot about the quality of the article really.
    How, given that the word virus doesn't appear in the article? The OP was the one who mentioned viruses

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  • #24
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    28064212 wrote: »
    How, given that the word virus doesn't appear in the article? The OP was the one who mentioned viruses

    In other news prolonged Syphillis causes mental illness, in other news Bebo overtakes Facepock in popularity.


  • #25
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    Gotta say this kind of reporting really f**king annoys me.
    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    Correlation is not causation...

    Thats what facebook said:
    facebook wrote:
    A Facebook spokesman said: “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.


  • #26
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,560 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    Smcgie wrote: »
    This means that 25% of people in Sunderland, Durhan and Teesside have no life!
    Nope, the problem is them creating too much life.

    I watch the Jeremy Kyle show, so it must be true.

    Now for those all important DNA results...


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