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Originally Posted by knb2004  I'm beginning to think an HSV-2 infection is inevitable if you participate in the Lifestyle long enough, unless either the stats are wrong, or an HSV-1 infection (which virtually all of us have) offers statistically meaningful protection. |
Note my join date to the swingers board. We are clear of HSV-2.
Your numbers are a bit high. That 90% figure is off from everything I can find. Seropositive (which just means antibodies to it) is somewhere in the 15-60% range depending on the study, in other words it swings wildly. Since they don't test for the virus itself, it just means exposure, and its unknown if the virus is still being shed in all asymptomatic cases (where the only detection method are serum antibodies) its hard to say what real risks are.
Still there are good odds of coming into contact with it given enough time and partners.
While perhaps I could use the same logic and decide since its common enough to commit the lie of omission that not disclosing HSV-2 would be, I know my wife would never swing if she knew she had HSV-2 so I won't ever be faced with such a moral quandary.