What are the chances of getting an STI?
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The chances of getting an STI are probably lower than you think, but here’s why having safer sex is still a very good idea.
By Justin Hancock
Whenever we see statistics in the news about STIs they are often using the actual numbers of cases, because these actual numbers look quite big. People want to make the numbers look big because:
- it makes a juicy scary news story blaming all these ‘naughty irresponsible people over there’ for not wrapping up;
- or, less commonly, to make a point about th...
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