1 in 4 New Yorkers has herpes

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Uh...Wombat? Didn't you say something about a strange itching sensation in a recent CAGcast? Have you been to the free clinic lately?

Wrap it up TWICE, NYC CAG's.

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http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gDVLEYso09wqu4uXjpUrTFH5QUfgD916M4QO0

NEW YORK (AP) — A city Health Department study finds that more than a fourth of adult New Yorkers are infected with the virus that causes genital herpes.
The study, released Monday, says about 26 percent of New York City adults have genital herpes, compared to about 19 percent nationwide.
The department says genital herpes can double a person's risk for contracting HIV.
Herpes can cause painful sores, but most people have no recognizable symptoms.
Among New Yorkers, the herpes rate is higher among women, black people and gay men.
The health department urges consistent use of condoms, and says its STD clinics offer free, confidential herpes testing.
 
Well with all the rampant sex and carefree oral going on I'm not surprised. It's just fucked up.


Edit : That much more likely that you'll find a nice girl that has it too....damn.
 
[quote name='Liquid 2']20% of the nation has genital herpes? Damn.[/quote]

Yeah but only 20% of that will show symptoms. Some math nerd can work out what that percentage is.
 
[quote name='camoor']Yeah but only 20% of that will show symptoms. Some math nerd can work out what that percentage is.[/quote]
Assuming the US population is 304,282,000, that's 60,865,400 with genital herpes (20%), with 12,171,280 showing symptoms. That's 4%.

Or you could always do 20% times 20%. But real numbers are more interesting, since we now know over 12 million people are walking around with some raging sores!
 
[quote name='trq']Hrm. Statistically, one of the people who've posted before me probably has the Big H.[/quote]

Nah - not when you factor in the percentage of CAGs that have actually had sex
 
Actually the key word here folks is "adult" so the numbers will be smaller and the number of people on cag with it will decrease proportionately.
 
[quote name='camoor']Nah - not when you factor in the percentage of CAGs that have actually had sex[/QUOTE]

:lol:

I guess that would explain the popularity of mountain biking, hugging, inline skating, and nature walks.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfYC95FMXHg[/media]
 
[quote name='mykevermin']cold sores = herpes.

I bet that's a big part of it.

Or a shitty estimate.[/QUOTE]

I know that, but I was under the impression that cold sores were caused by a different strain of herpes, not genital herpes.

edit: Wiki confirms
Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) are two species of the herpes virus family, Herpesviridae, which cause infections in humans.[1] Eight members of herpesviridae infect humans to cause a variety of illnesses including cold sores, chickenpox or varicella, shingles or herpes zoster (VZV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), and various cancers, and can cause brain inflammation (encephalitis). All viruses in the herpes family produce life-long infections.

They are also called Human Herpes Virus 1 and 2 (HHV-1 and HHV-2) and are neurotropic and neuroinvasive viruses; they enter and hide in the human nervous system, accounting for their durability in the human body. HSV-1 is commonly associated with herpes outbreaks of the face known as cold sores or fever blisters, whereas HSV-2 is more often associated with genital herpes.
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[quote name='mykevermin']Ah, that's what I get for not reading far enough into the first sentence.

oops.

So it's a shitty estimate, then?[/QUOTE]

Seems about right, according to the CDC:

Results of a nationally representative study show that genital herpes infection is common in the United States. Nationwide, at least 45 million people ages 12 and older, or one out of five adolescents and adults, have had genital HSV infection. Over the past decade, the percent of Americans with genital herpes infection in the U.S. has decreased.

Genital HSV-2 infection is more common in women (approximately one out of four women) than in men (almost one out of eight). This may be due to male-to-female transmission being more likely than female-to-male transmission.
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CDC is counting people 12 and up though; I don't know what the article defines as an adult.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Yeah - I think the CDC's estimate seems awfully high, too. I'm curious what data gathering methods they used.[/quote]

Scratch and sniff?
 
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