Herpes in NYC on the Rise
Posted at 6:49 PM Jun 10, 2008
Though the information in the press release delves deeper and gives better information, the second part of the headline, "Survey Finds Genital Herpes is Common Among New Yorkers: Condoms Can Protect Against Infection" is a little misleading. Sure, condoms can protect against herpes in some cases, but it's a skin-to-skin kinda thing, not just body fluids like other STIs such as HIV.
At any rate, that rate of infection is a good reason to have safer sex, do it with the lights on and actually look at your partner's parts, plus learn to cope with it if you have a partner who fesses up to being infected.
--Audacia Ray
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