Being paranoid, we've done some research into STDs and the chance of catching something during swinging. It seems that about 70% of people have oral Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1). Oral HSV-1 can be passed to others as either oral or genital herpes. People are most contagious during a visible outbreak, but are also contagious at other times through asymptomatic viral shedding. Our questions are:
1) If you have oral herpes, do you tell your potential playmates?
2) If you tell people, is it just during an outbreak or all the time?
3) If you don't have herpes, what precautions do you take to prevent catching it orally or genitally?
4) Do you think people with oral herpes are obligated to tell potential playmates?
Even though 70% of people have oral HSV-1, we've never heard it mentioned at a swing club.