A Proud Day For Reality TV

[El]

Isn't this lovely?

[duncvis]

[The_P]

Whores. They should learn to take after Eclair and Mel, who are both respectable ones (if there is such a thing as one). 

[McGiver]

are they saying that the beautiful people get herpes?


i sure was lucky that i didn't herpes.

[Lucifer]

it's only a bloody cold sore, for fuck's sake.  well Type I is, anyway.  (of the Herpes simplex virus, that is).

[Callaway]

I thought that this comment was funny:

man they oughtta throw a couple in the mix who have herpes and tell the bachelor about it (without naming names) and then start the show. now THAT would be awesome tv!!!

Here was an interesting comment:

There's a lot of misinformation here. 50% of the population has a strain of the herpes virus. This means either Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Type I, which commonly causes oral Herpes, or HSV Type II, the strain which more commonly causes genital herpes.

The facts are that 20% of the male population in the US has genital herpes, and 25% of the female population in the US has genital Herpes.

Everyone who has the virus reacts to it differently. Some people never get symptoms, and some people are stricken at least once a month. CONDOMS DO NOT PREVENT GENITAL HERPES. HSV is a skin-skin disease, which means that it can be transmitted even during protected penetration sex.

Don't be ignorant. Educate yourselves:
http://www.cdc.gov/std/Herpes/

BTW, do they test the Batchelor for Herpes or just the lovely ladies?

[Peter]

it's only a bloody cold sore, for fuck's sake.  well Type I is, anyway.  (of the Herpes simplex virus, that is).

Is there a herpes complex virus?

[McGiver]

it's only a bloody cold sore, for fuck's sake.  well Type I is, anyway.  (of the Herpes simplex virus, that is).

Is there a herpes complex virus?

acne?

[Lucifer]

it's not that easy to transmit genital herpes, mainly because if it's active, it's fucking painful, and so waggling your bits around with anyone else would probably not be high on the agenda.  it is very contagious, though.

and i dunno what they're on about vis á via condoms not preventing it - if the condom covers the sore, it's a physical barrier against the infection.  /shrugs.

[richard]

haha thats hilarious

[Lucifer]

er, herpes is hilarious?  erm... yeeees, quite. 

(weirdo).

[richard]

herpes is discusting, but its hilarious that so many people have them and dont know it, isnt it extreely painful to have them? hw could you not know you didnt have them?