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.
Funny, I've never worried one bit about herpes or HIV. Am I an idiot?
No. I just somehow managed to keep my junk in my pants and not screw around with life's skanks and ho's. I also managed, with considerable effort, to avoid using intravenous drugs.
It seems like a simple formula; one that I managed to follow all these years and I'm no superman. And I'm also not walking around with recurring canker sores.
So the lesson from all this. Let's make sure we teach our kids to abstain from smoking, they might get lung cancer. But a life long prescription of Valtrex and the various HIV cocktails is A-OK.
2 comments:
Q. What's the difference between love and herpes?
A. Herpes is forever.
In New York, when someone says "It's just a cold sore", you'd better run.
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