Sacramento County STD Rates Increasing As Dating Apps Gain Popularity

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Doctors say our online dating habits could be partially to blame for a spike in STD infections.
The latest state report shows STD rates in Sacramento County are rising as fast as anywhere else in the state.
And in California as a whole, there were more than 300,000 cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis recorded in 2017. That’s a 45 percent increase from five years ago.
So why is Sacramento County getting hit hard?
Health experts say the STD spike is mostly