> Even people who are being honest might not count e.g. oral herpes as an STI if they contracted it in a non-sexual way. That's pretty much my point, self-repo

> Even people who are being honest might not count e.g. oral herpes as an STI if they contracted it in a non-sexual way. That's pretty much my point, self-reporting with vague questions leads to bad data. HSV-1 can be transmitted orally to genitally however, and genital HSV-1 is now more common in many places than genital HSV-1 [1] (likely from oral-to-genital transmission since HSV-1 is less active genitally, and barriers are far less commonly used orally than with PiV intercourse) From [1]: "In studies conducted in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, cultures performed on samples taken from lesions of genital herpes indicated that more than 50% of infections were due to HSV-1" > .. As opposed to what? As opposed to... not having had sexual intercourse? [1]: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/infectious-diseases/sexual-health-sexually-transmitted-infections/canadian-guidelines/herpes-simplex-virus/etiology-epidemiology.html https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/infectious-d...