OK, chances are this post won't be popular, and I need to be crystal clear that this question is based on pure speculation and nothing more.
Here's the facts as I understand them.
- 25% of American women have HSV-2.
- 20% of American men have HSV-2.
- 90% of people who have it are completely asymptomatic and do not know they have it.
- Doctors will typically not test for it, even in a standard STD panel unless specifically requested.
- Herpes can be spread even if no breakout is present and condoms are used, or even from casual, non-sexual contact.
With those facts, I can't help but wonder if a very high percentage of us swingers have it and don't even realize it. Here's my thinking. We go to a variety of events, usually on prem clubs and house parties. It's not universal by any means, but we tend to see many of the same people over and over and over again. Now if we were to go to a year long swing party with 200 people, all newbies, assuming about 20-25% had HSV-2 as the stats say would be the case on Day 1, isn't it reasonable to conclude that percentage would be approaching 100% by Day 365?
Granted, that closed system that I just described emulates the real world only to a degree, but at least for those of us who are seasoned vets it could have some bad implications. On the other hand, as I've said before, a disease that causes not a single symptom in 90% of infected people, and only an occasional, temporary, irritating rash for the other 10% really isn't that scary.
What say you?