1 out of every 2-3 people you know has herpes orally.
1 out of every 4-5 people you know has genital herpes.
Herpes is incredibly common :) Odds are you won't get through life without 1 type of herpes simplex yourself - check out the herpes info at www.ashastd.org to learn more :)
grace
Thank yu for that information. Ill admit I don't know much about herpes and I truly apologize. My intention were to offend anyone. I was just worried.
If herpes were transmitted this easily, we'd all have it.
People who have genital herpes have it on their genitals, they're not a walking infection. Genital herpes is an STD and is transmitted by sex. Even then, it requires heat/friction - the virus needs to me "massaged" into the skin - hence why it's the act of sex that transmits (or, in oral herpes transmission, passionate kissing in adults).
Why is that?? I'm not trying to offend anyone. My bestfriend has herpes.
Seriously?!?!?
It's just screwed up to even ask that...