quote:Seriously, like 20% of my school has herpes.
That's not too surprising. Last I heard, something like 22% of the general population has herpes.
quote:Originally posted by Xann.: Not on their face though. Which makes it pretty bad.
I'm not sure how to interpret this: do you mean that your classmates have herpes in the genital area rather than oral, and that location makes the numbers "pretty bad?"
Because the best estimate is that somewhere between 21% and 25% of the general population has genital herpes, which would be quite in line with your student population. Furthermore, exposure to oral herpes approaches 80% by adulthood, and most kids have been exposed by schoolage.
I think people tend to underestimate the prevalence of herpes as a sexually-transmitted infection. It's definitely out there, and it is common. [And for what it's worth, although we used to think of HSV-I as oral and HSV-II as the sexually-transmitted genital version, either can occur and be spread in either area.]
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quote:Seriously, like 20% of my school has herpes.
That's not too surprising. Last I heard, something like 22% of the general population has herpes.
quote:Originally posted by Xann.: Not on their face though. Which makes it pretty bad.
I'm not sure how to interpret this: do you mean that your classmates have herpes in the genital area rather than oral, and that location makes the numbers "pretty bad?"
Because the best estimate is that somewhere between 21% and 25% of the general population has genital herpes, which would be quite in line with your student population. Furthermore, exposure to oral herpes approaches 80% by adulthood, and most kids have been exposed by schoolage.
I think people tend to underestimate the prevalence of herpes as a sexually-transmitted infection. It's definitely out there, and it is common. [And for what it's worth, although we used to think of HSV-I as oral and HSV-II as the sexually-transmitted genital version, either can occur and be spread in either area.]
They have herpes on there face, not the cold sore type either but full blown it is gross to look at them herpes. I guess it may not be out of the norm for the country but it seems to me like I have only seen high schoolers in my area with herpes.
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Bah. What kind of pansy-ass schools did you guys go to, where acne is more common than meth addiction?
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It's those slides they show in what passes for sex ed. It warps young peoples' minds. That's what will cause the zombie apocalypse, you know.
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