SOCIAL media is being blamed for declining rates of *ahem* other forms of socialisation, with a BMJ article this week tracing a significant drop in British sexual activity between 2001 and 2012.
Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine tracked the activity of more than 34,000 men and women aged 16 to 44, recorded in studies in 1991, 2001 and 2012.
There was a "sharp drop" in amorous encounters, with the proportion of respondents saying they had been celibate for the previous month increasing from 23% to 29% among women, and from 26% to 29% among men.
The authors suggested that given the age and marital status of those most affected, the best explanation was a combination of stress due to the 2008 financial crisis, and social media resulting in less face-to-face interaction.
Well this is awkward.
A teenager in Kentucky, USA who took legal action after he was banned from school for refusing a chicken pox vaccination has come down with the disease.
Jerome Kunkel objected to the jab on religious grounds, but was consequently forced to cease attending classes.
A lawyer for the 18-year-old said he had no regrets about his decision and was aware he risked getting the disease.
Some ultra-conservative Catholics are opposed to chicken pox jabs because they were developed in the 1960s from the cell lines of two aborted foetuses.
Once he recovers and thus has immunity he will be back in class.
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