Oh that gets me all riled up too. They’re always happy & flirting with a person of the opposite gender. I don’t even think they should allow people with genital herpes to get medication for it. Seems to me, if you don’t use protection, you deserve all the consequences.
k_lunch - 04:08pm on 08/11/2007
I have to say, those commercials bother me too. ALMOST as much as the feminine hygiene commercials… creeepy!
Zsa Zsa - 06:08pm on 08/11/2007
chilling thought for those of you still in the dating pool, no?
Rob, Not a worry in the world ... until your kids are in the dating pool, no?
Anna - 07:08pm on 08/11/2007
Hey, k_lunch, maybe you want us castrated/sterilized and sent to concentration camps, too??? Guess what? Anyone can get herpes. Yes, k_lunch, you, too.
I got it from my freaking husband, when I was 18 and a virgin. Did I deserve it??? Give us a break and grow some heart. Next time, the bell might toll for YOU!!!
Miriam - 07:08pm on 08/11/2007
I got it from my freaking husband, when I was 18 and a virgin. Did I deserve it??? Give us a break and grow some heart. Next time, the bell might toll for YOU!!!
Did you deserve it? Maybe. You had every opportunity to notice sores before you had sex. You also had opportunities to inquire as to his sexual history and find out whether he should have been tested. I really have a hard time feeling bad for you. There are signs to see and conversations to have and one trip to the clinic can answer all questions after that. You have just as much responsibility for yourself when you’re in a committed relationship as when you’re just whoring around, as your husband apparently did prior to you. Don’t get all pissy with me, he’s the one you should take your anger out on.
k_lunch - 08:08pm on 08/11/2007
The only way to be safe from sexually transmitted disease is to through the most perverse form of sexual conduct.
In findings published in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the incidence of herpes has increased 33 percent since the 1970s.
One in every five Americans over the age of 12 now has the herpes virus, and the most dramatic increase has been among young white teens, the researchers said…
Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted viral disease that causes painful sores that subside and then usually disappear. However, because the disease sometimes does not produce any immediate symptoms, only 10 percent of infected people realize they harbor the virus, even though they are able to pass it to others.
20% of the population. This is in the same viral family as chicken pox and cold sores. This is NOT GENITAL WARTS which are painful and obvious. HPV is blamed for many different cervical cancers and they have developed a new vaccine for HPV (Genital Warts) that they want to use on young women as a cancer prevention drug.
Did you deserve it? Maybe. You had every opportunity to notice sores before you had sex. You also had opportunities to inquire as to his sexual history and find out whether he should have been tested.
That is a real asshole thing to say. I don’t like the commercials because my 10 year old is like “Dad, what is herpes” but then again, he asked why old people need cialis and why it makes them want to stop washing their classic cars that are in the driveway. What is the difference between taking Valtrex, Cialis, and Enzyte? Real quick, why not start busting on people who take anti-depressants too.
The commercials annoy me too, and that is a good point to make, but don’t start talking shit to Miriam. Damn, bro, have some class.
Justin B. - 09:08pm on 08/11/2007
The commercials annoy me too, and that is a good point to make, but don’t start talking shit to Miriam. Damn, bro, have some class.
First off, I’m a female not a bro. Second, I didn’t start talking shit to Miriam until she started talking shit to me. My original comment was that these medicines shouldn’t exist and they should have to suffer with their disease. I stand by that argument and as opposed to what Miriam said, I do not think they need to be shipped off to concentration camps or be castrated. She jumped to a disgusting conclusion and I did not appreciate that.
k_lunch - 09:08pm on 08/11/2007
My original comment was that these medicines shouldn’t exist and they should have to suffer with their disease.
I feel the same way about anti-depressants, pain medication, and cholesterol meds. Get rid of the pharmaceutical industry completely. I don’t like elective surgeries like breast implants or tummy tucks. I don’t think that vaccines for diseases like the Chicken Pox should exist either.
These drugs exist because of supply and demand. People want valtrex. That is why it exists. 20% of the population is a pretty healthy target demographic. And these are very profitable drugs. Folks that have the disease might get married and not want their partner to get it. You know, people who take Viagra might not want to disappoint their partners either.
Let’s talk diabetes. Only people with juvenile diabetes or folks that have a good and healthy diet should get insulin. Fat people that did it to themselves should be on their own. What about people taking AIDS meds? We should only give them out to people that got AIDS from blood transfusions, not heroin or unprotected sex.
Justin B. - 09:08pm on 08/11/2007
Couldn’t agree more, actually. Why is there no cure for cancer, but we can help herpes? If you got the disease as an adult (or acting as an adult) you deserve to live with it. It all relates to the main problem with our country: no one is held accountable for anything.
Oh that gets me all riled up too. They’re always happy & flirting with a person of the opposite gender. I don’t even think they should allow people with genital herpes to get medication for it. Seems to me, if you don’t use protection, you deserve all the consequences.
I have to say, those commercials bother me too. ALMOST as much as the feminine hygiene commercials… creeepy!
Rob, Not a worry in the world ... until your kids are in the dating pool, no?
Hey, k_lunch, maybe you want us castrated/sterilized and sent to concentration camps, too??? Guess what? Anyone can get herpes. Yes, k_lunch, you, too.
I got it from my freaking husband, when I was 18 and a virgin. Did I deserve it??? Give us a break and grow some heart. Next time, the bell might toll for YOU!!!
Did you deserve it? Maybe. You had every opportunity to notice sores before you had sex. You also had opportunities to inquire as to his sexual history and find out whether he should have been tested. I really have a hard time feeling bad for you. There are signs to see and conversations to have and one trip to the clinic can answer all questions after that. You have just as much responsibility for yourself when you’re in a committed relationship as when you’re just whoring around, as your husband apparently did prior to you. Don’t get all pissy with me, he’s the one you should take your anger out on.
The only way to be safe from sexually transmitted disease is to through the most perverse form of sexual conduct.
Celibacy.
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9710/15/herpes.increase/
20% of the population. This is in the same viral family as chicken pox and cold sores. This is NOT GENITAL WARTS which are painful and obvious. HPV is blamed for many different cervical cancers and they have developed a new vaccine for HPV (Genital Warts) that they want to use on young women as a cancer prevention drug.
That is a real asshole thing to say. I don’t like the commercials because my 10 year old is like “Dad, what is herpes” but then again, he asked why old people need cialis and why it makes them want to stop washing their classic cars that are in the driveway. What is the difference between taking Valtrex, Cialis, and Enzyte? Real quick, why not start busting on people who take anti-depressants too.
The commercials annoy me too, and that is a good point to make, but don’t start talking shit to Miriam. Damn, bro, have some class.
First off, I’m a female not a bro. Second, I didn’t start talking shit to Miriam until she started talking shit to me. My original comment was that these medicines shouldn’t exist and they should have to suffer with their disease. I stand by that argument and as opposed to what Miriam said, I do not think they need to be shipped off to concentration camps or be castrated. She jumped to a disgusting conclusion and I did not appreciate that.
I feel the same way about anti-depressants, pain medication, and cholesterol meds. Get rid of the pharmaceutical industry completely. I don’t like elective surgeries like breast implants or tummy tucks. I don’t think that vaccines for diseases like the Chicken Pox should exist either.
These drugs exist because of supply and demand. People want valtrex. That is why it exists. 20% of the population is a pretty healthy target demographic. And these are very profitable drugs. Folks that have the disease might get married and not want their partner to get it. You know, people who take Viagra might not want to disappoint their partners either.
Let’s talk diabetes. Only people with juvenile diabetes or folks that have a good and healthy diet should get insulin. Fat people that did it to themselves should be on their own. What about people taking AIDS meds? We should only give them out to people that got AIDS from blood transfusions, not heroin or unprotected sex.
Couldn’t agree more, actually. Why is there no cure for cancer, but we can help herpes? If you got the disease as an adult (or acting as an adult) you deserve to live with it. It all relates to the main problem with our country: no one is held accountable for anything.