As the year comes to an end, the UK government is using the quieter period to sell off stakes, unveil science strategies and warn cruisers to take ‘good quality condoms’ on their next cruise.
The warning was found by the Daily Mail on a new government fact-sheet titled ‘Travel health on board cruise ships’.
On it, UK leaders took it upon themselves to warn cruisers – more specifically pensioners – to use protection on cruise ships if they plan on having sexual relations.
“If there is a chance you might have casual sex, be prepared: take in-date, good quality condoms with you.”
UK Government advice
Did you just quietly ask why? Good question!
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Well apparently the elderly are forgetting to strap on before hopping onboard (onboard what? huh? huh?) because the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among over 65 year olds has increased… significantly.
And by significantly we mean – between 2009 and 2013 around 298 over 65 year olds were diagnosed with chlamydia. This is up from 94 prior to 2009.
Gonorrhea rose to 126, up from 60 and herpes was found amongst 265 elderly people, up from 109.
The figures shared by the Daily Mail showed men seem to be a lot more irresponsible than the ladies, because they were diagnosed with far more STIs. For example 329 are said to have had herpes between 2009 and 2013 compared to 88 women.
So how does this information apply to cruising? Well, the average UK passenger age of cruisers is 57 and a quarter over 60 years old.
“People are making midlife changes and going back into dating and maybe never have used condoms when they started out many years ago. They also think of their grandmother’s old fashioned condoms and know nothing about the availability of them now or how to use them.’
Eli Coleman, University of Minnesota Medical School director of the program in human sexuality – ABC News reported
Anyone else looking at their grandparents a little differently?
