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ORIGINAL: freedomdwarf1 Many have unprotected sex - both young and old. And a good majority of people DON'T have herpes. I've already given my opinion of using facts to try to convince people to have risky sex. However, battling it with misinformation is also fucked up. It's estimated that between 70-85% of the population has one form of herpes or another in their lifetime. So, it's not a "good majority." Interesting you say that. According to the CDC: Genital herpes is common in the United States. In the United States, about one out of every six people aged 14 to 49 years have genital herpes. I'd say that 5 out of 6 not having it is a "good majority". 1. I was speaking of herpes in all it's forms, HSV1 and HSV2, since both are supposedly lifelong, and both can present via genitals and oral locations, as well as "travel" to other areas. 2. I was using the World Health Organization, rather than the CDC. 3. As has been said before, herpes is so prevalent and so much of a non-issue in most medical systems' views that it is not even standard on the usual battery of STI tests. In fact, it's been allowed in some health coverage to DENY the herpes test as not covered, because it's not considered a necessary piece of information to know whether you have it, if you have no presented symptoms AT THE POINT OF THE TESTING. 4. I am immersed in this world. I research it so I can teach it. I have no horse in this game, except to spread the correct information. quote:
ORIGINAL: NookieNotes Now, one thing that is being discovered is that herpes is not a lifetime sentence anymore. Not according to my source (CDC): There is no cure for herpes. However, there are medicines that can prevent or shorten outbreaks. There's a huge difference between stopping outbreaks and being cured. If there's no cure, that makes it a lifetime sentence. Correct. There is no known cure. There is, however, what seems to be spontaneous remissions or eradications that no one has bothered to explain. There are many people who have been previously diagnosed who do not test positive for herpes. Period. I will explain again: I was born with herpes. I have had outbreaks. I do not have outbreaks anymore. I no longer test positive for herpes in any test, and have not, for over 20 years. My Pet has oral herpes, visually diagnosed. There is NO OTHER possible diagnosis, according to every doctor, ever. He has NEVER swabbed positive, nor has he ever been positive in a blood test, except for the first one he was given in his early twenties, nearly 30 years ago. Herpes medications work erratically for him. He breaks out 1-2 times per year, and has never passed it to a partner. He is "cured," according to doctors except he is not. Again, because herpes is not a high health threat, these things are not studied. And that's OK. However, the point is, the common "wisdom" of herpes (including how people get it—NOTE: IT'S NOT PREVENTABLE WITH CONDOM USAGE [30% protection rate—shockingly low]) is not 100% factual. quote:
ORIGINAL: NookieNotes So, please, by all means, call people out on trying to convince people to have sex with herpetics, just because. Also, though, don't be a douche on the other side of the coin by spreading your own misinformation. My info is backed up by no other than the CDC. So I don't consider it misinformation. I find it fascinating how when it suits people, the government is the be-all end-all of factual information. When it suits. LOL!
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