Herpes is a Hell of a Disease

I had heard that the herpes level is high in our population. I have never confirmed this for myself until today. I looked on the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website and found the following:

Results of a nationally representative study show that genital herpes infection is common in the United States. Nationwide, at least 45 million people ages 12 and older, or one out of five adolescents and adults, have had genital HSV infection. Between the late 1970s and the early 1990s, the number of Americans with genital herpes infection increased 30 percent.

Genital HSV-2 infection is more common in women (approximately one out of four women) than in men (almost one out of five). This may be due to male-to-female transmissions being more likely than female-to-male transmission.

Here is the original link:

http://www.cdc.gov/std/Herpes/STDFact-Herpes.htm#common

I think that given these numbers, you can pretty much assume that your typical at risk person has herpes. To put this in laymen's terms, the typical ladies man, whore, slut, stud, or anyone who has earned a similar term probably has some shit.