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Not letting family members kiss your kids on the mouth and not letting your kids use other people's cups/forks etc? If the entire population did this there woul

Not letting family members kiss your kids on the mouth and not letting your kids use other people's cups/forks etc? If the entire population did this there would be fewer herpes infections. edit: the downvotes are interesting. If I had made the statement "We can take steps to reduce COVID-19 transmission" I can't imagine I'd get the same result. I can only assume that people really are ashamed of having herpes and are reacting emotionally.

hombre_fatal 7y ago
What's your gameplan for the rest of your life? You're never going to kiss anyone or share a cup or a smoke or any of the thousands of ways that have infected the vast majority of humanity? You can even get it passing through your mom's birth canal. Your two examples of transmission are so specific that I'm not sure you know how it spreads. Just extended family members kissing or sharing cups with your kids? What? Herpes-1 is just part of the human condition. Time to get over it. Btw, odds are that you have it. And for your own sanity, don't worry -- it doesn't mean you were making out with your family nor their kids.
- nsxwolf 7y ago
  I'm in the second half of my life and I married an HSV-negative. I try not to put my mouth on sketchy things.
  - SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
    You both got blood tests for both types of HSV before you were married I assume?
  - hn_throwaway_99 7y ago
    You "married an HSV-negative"? Quite the romantic.
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- benibela 7y ago
  >You're never going to kiss anyone or share a cup or a smoke or any of the thousands of ways that have infected the vast majority of humanity? Sounds reasonable I am 30 and have never kissed anyone, and no plans to change that soon. Although I had some shared cups. I probably should get tested. But there is a good change I have avoided all herpes, even EBV. I hope they can find a vaccine soon.
  - s5300 7y ago
    Never change, HN
  - rebuilder 7y ago
    If we all stopped having sex, that would admittedly solve the issue of all disease rather thoroughly. No people, no human Herpes infections.
    - nsxwolf 7y ago
      If we all had fewer sex partners, that would go a long way.
  - lm28469 7y ago
    I mean, yeah, I guess if we avoid all physical contacts during our entire life until the world pop drops to 0 we could get rid of herpes. /s
- asia92 7y ago
  Herpes-2 is also part of the human condition at this point Either way, they are gross
lostapathy 7y ago
If you can figure out a way to get a 3 year old to care about what utensils they use or who's cake they finish, you're probably on track to solve even bigger problems than this!
- nsxwolf 7y ago
  You can't prevent 100% of infections. We could do a whole lot better than we're doing now. Getting rid of the moniker "cold sore" would be a great start.

hombre_fatal 7y ago

What's your gameplan for the rest of your life? You're never going to kiss anyone or share a cup or a smoke or any of the thousands of ways that have infected the vast majority of humanity? You can even get it passing through your mom's birth canal. Your two examples of transmission are so specific that I'm not sure you know how it spreads. Just extended family members kissing or sharing cups with your kids? What? Herpes-1 is just part of the human condition. Time to get over it. Btw, odds are that you have it. And for your own sanity, don't worry -- it doesn't mean you were making out with your family nor their kids.

nsxwolf 7y ago
I'm in the second half of my life and I married an HSV-negative. I try not to put my mouth on sketchy things.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
  You both got blood tests for both types of HSV before you were married I assume?
- hn_throwaway_99 7y ago
  You "married an HSV-negative"? Quite the romantic.
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benibela 7y ago
>You're never going to kiss anyone or share a cup or a smoke or any of the thousands of ways that have infected the vast majority of humanity? Sounds reasonable I am 30 and have never kissed anyone, and no plans to change that soon. Although I had some shared cups. I probably should get tested. But there is a good change I have avoided all herpes, even EBV. I hope they can find a vaccine soon.
- s5300 7y ago
  Never change, HN
- rebuilder 7y ago
  If we all stopped having sex, that would admittedly solve the issue of all disease rather thoroughly. No people, no human Herpes infections.
  - nsxwolf 7y ago
    If we all had fewer sex partners, that would go a long way.
- lm28469 7y ago
  I mean, yeah, I guess if we avoid all physical contacts during our entire life until the world pop drops to 0 we could get rid of herpes. /s
asia92 7y ago
Herpes-2 is also part of the human condition at this point Either way, they are gross

lostapathy 7y ago

If you can figure out a way to get a 3 year old to care about what utensils they use or who's cake they finish, you're probably on track to solve even bigger problems than this!

nsxwolf 7y ago
You can't prevent 100% of infections. We could do a whole lot better than we're doing now. Getting rid of the moniker "cold sore" would be a great start.