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> If you have a link for the genital herpes cure you will be rich. May never happen [0], but one can wish. Although it doesn't have a cure, the treatability, p
by uniblih 8y ago
> If you have a link for the genital herpes cure you will be rich.
May never happen [0], but one can wish. Although it doesn't have a cure, the treatability, prevalence, and general harmlessness of herpes make it less of an issue than the "curable" STDs. Most doctors don't even bother testing for it [1].
[0] https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-we-still-dont-have-a-herpes-vaccine https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-we-still-dont-hav...
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/screening.htm https://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/screening.htm
- masonic 8y agogeneral harmlessness of herpes Perhaps you missed that HSV is a vector for cancers (e.g Kaposi sarcoma).
- esf 8y agoKaposi Sarcoma is caused by HHV-8, a completely different virus than HSV-1/2. They are in the herpes virus family, but this is a huge virus group including eg chicken pox (HHV-3) and Epstein Barr virus that causes mono (HHV-4).