Being jabbed helps on the dating apps

FORGET oysters or champagne – when it comes to finding love, a Covid vaccine is apparently the best aphrodisiac.

New figures from dating apps show men and women who reveal they are jabbed are far more likely to meet a potential partner than those who did not share their vaccination status.

Hinge, one of the most popular dating apps, revealed that singletons who said on their profile that they were jabbed received 30% more matches than those who kept such details private.

Similarly, Plenty of Fish found that 37% of singles it surveyed in the UK said they viewed vaccination as ‘desirable’ when looking for someone to date. Data released from Grindr, the world’s largest app for LGBTQ people, also revealed that the ‘vaccination badge’ is among the top three most popular that users can pin to their profiles.

Dating coach Hayley Quinn said: ‘Being open about your vaccine status has positive associations, for instance that you’re socially conscious and responsible. It’s one less thing to ask about.

‘People may worry that if you have a difference of opinion about vaccination, then you are unlikely to click in other areas,’ she explained.