Besides blaming dating apps used at least in part to arrange casual sex, health officials warned that "having sex without a condom, having multiple sex partners, and having sex while under the influence of drugs or alcohol" were all contributing to the problem.
But seeing as I lived there before Tinder even existed I, like Carrie Bradshaw, could not blame the dating app for any of them.
Naturally, people are looking for someone to blame, and dating apps have come under increased scrutiny.
Both Richie and Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler blame tax breaks dating back to the administration of Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes, who served until 2003, for the $700 million shortfall in the state's unemployment trust fund.
If you have ever searched the internet for the phrase "why do people divorce" you know that it has recently become popular for pundits to blame access to online dating and social networking sites for a decline in marriage.
Industry observers partly blame the allure of dating opportunities on free social networking sites like Facebook.
I have learned that it is important - and healthy - to acknowledge whatever wound I'm feeling and not put it on the person I'm dating and blame him for that feeling.
It has been more than a year since Vanity Fair bemoaned the dating apocalypse, blaming it on apps and triggering a Tinder tweet-storm that sarcastically claimed: "Sex was invented in 2012 when Tinder was launched".
"To the European people you only have a few more days to accept bin Laden's truce or you will only have yourselves to blame," the statement dated July 1 said, referring to Mr. bin Laden's ultimatum.
