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Originally Posted by good times The basic point here is that people come to forums like this and make claims like, "1 in 4 people have Herpes" like every forth person you have sex with is shedding the virus, when in fact, even the most pessimistic estimate is that 1 or 2 in 100 people you encounter may be currently shedding the virus, and my understanding is that the common cold sore (HSV-1) is included in that number. Some may live in denial, but I certainly don't. Each time I have sex with someone I am taking a risk. Fortunately, I have studied this subject enough to know that the odds are not 1 in 4, or whatever the current scare claim is, and have determined to my own satisfaction that the risk is acceptable to me. That I am comfortable with the odds does not mean I am in denial, it just means I have come to terms with the risk enough to be able to play with others. |
So far as I can tell, no one has claimed that one in four or one in five people are, at any given moment, contageous. However, the CDC reports that one in four women and one in five men have contracted the virus at some time in their lives.
Good Times: You appear to equate "having Herpes" with being capable of communicating the disease. So, is it your view that when one believes that they are not contagious (no active outbreak, no signs of viral shedding), they are not suffering from Herpes? Further, if someone is seropositive for HSV2 but has never had an outbreak (so they never had a cultured confirmation that they are contagious) can they continue to think of themselves as "disease free"?