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Stats say HSV-2 is so hard to get, then why do so many people have it?
1/5-1/6 of Americans have HSV-2. That's a very high number, and most stats you read from journals and accurate sources say your exposure is like 1/1000..If you don't have medication for it, and don't wear a condom, and maybe don't even know your status, I would think these stats would be much higher
In my personal (low level) math if 1/6 people have it 16.6% and lets say they are having an outbreak 30 percent of the time.. the 16% * 30% would be .048 or 4.8% of the time you get the virus for unprotected sex with a person you don't know the status of... i.e a random person on the street
and 30% of the time you would get it if symptoms are asymptomatic and you don't know you have the disease or if you don't know when you are having an OB,
Thoughts?
In my personal (low level) math if 1/6 people have it 16.6% and lets say they are having an outbreak 30 percent of the time.. the 16% * 30% would be .048 or 4.8% of the time you get the virus for unprotected sex with a person you don't know the status of... i.e a random person on the street
and 30% of the time you would get it if symptoms are asymptomatic and you don't know you have the disease or if you don't know when you are having an OB,
Thoughts?
Just knowing you have hsv2, has been shown to decrease the risk of transmission to a partner. Part of why the rates of infection with herpes are so high is because it's not routinely tested for, not tested for at the proper times often when testing is provided, and proper treatment isn't offered for infected patients. If you don't know you have herpes ( either hsv1 or hsv2 ), you can't take simple precautions that have been shown to significantly reduce the risk to a partner.
If you know a partner has herpes, you are more likely to take simple precautions which significantly reduces risk of transmission - like not having a partner perform oral sex on you when they are otherwise ill and not having sex with a partner when they have genital infections or redness/irritation genitally. Having sexual contact when the virus is likely to be active increases the risk of infection which keeps the rates of infection higher.
If you know a partner has herpes, you are more likely to take simple precautions which significantly reduces risk of transmission - like not having a partner perform oral sex on you when they are otherwise ill and not having sex with a partner when they have genital infections or redness/irritation genitally. Having sexual contact when the virus is likely to be active increases the risk of infection which keeps the rates of infection higher.
1 in a 1000 is the odds for a single exposure. Not multiple times with the same partner. Most people who are at risk are in a relationship where one has it (knowingly or unknowingly) and the other partner had it. Your math is highly skewed.lol
Do you have any idea how much sex goes on in a single day. If this virus was highly contagious everyone would have it. On this forum alone we have fielded thousands of questions from scared folks who had a one night stand with someone they regret. Or seeing escorts. I can't remember anyone (I'm sure there are a few) coming back saying they were indeed infected. Lately it seems to be more common for hsv1 to be spread to the genitals through oral sex.
You also need to take into account certain groups and areas are very high so that takes the numbers up a bit. For example 50% of African American woman in urban areas have hsv2. This came from Terri Warren.
Do you have any idea how much sex goes on in a single day. If this virus was highly contagious everyone would have it. On this forum alone we have fielded thousands of questions from scared folks who had a one night stand with someone they regret. Or seeing escorts. I can't remember anyone (I'm sure there are a few) coming back saying they were indeed infected. Lately it seems to be more common for hsv1 to be spread to the genitals through oral sex.
You also need to take into account certain groups and areas are very high so that takes the numbers up a bit. For example 50% of African American woman in urban areas have hsv2. This came from Terri Warren.
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are these 1 in 1000 odds with out condom protection and without the daily valtrex drug? or do they include those?
Does an incurable STD ever reach a "flash over" point? If 50% of a certain population (or even 16.6% of a total population) is already infected, it seems like it wouldn't take long for nearly the rest of the sexually-active population to contract that same STD (unless the remainders are immune).
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
