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Originally Posted by BoringLife88
Hi,
Anyone have any facts of Herpes transmission rate with unprotected sex and no outbreaks?
I am reading the date online which shows M to F at 4% overall a period of one year and F to M at 10%.
Anyone can verify?
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The fact that 80% of the adult population has HSV1 and about 40% has HSV2 indicates that the probability of transmission is obviously quite high.
Trying to work out all these risk factors is futile. You either have it or you don't. If you have it, there is nothing you can do about it. If you don't have it chances are you're going to end up catching it at some point in your life.
If you're so concerned about the measuring risk factors, go to
http://www.stdriskcalculator.com/ and download the app to your phone. You can then ask your next sexual partner a series of questions provided by the app which you can factor in when working out the chances of you catching something.
It will soon dawn on you that whether the result is 0.02% or 22%, you'll still be worrying yourself silly about whether you have caught anything. The only way to tell is to get tested.