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An antiviral chewing gum to reduce influenza and herpes simplex virus transmission
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this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2025
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Hmm… microplastics or flu and herpes… school didn’t prepare me for these decisions.
Don’t worry, 90% of the population has herpes by the time they are 50. The vast majority do not know they have it.
Edit: If you'd like to learn more, I found this doctor's youtube channel incredibly helpful: https://www.youtube.com/@DrBretPalmer
How do you know you don't have it? Tests are barely even able to detect it, with a high false negative rate. There's a reason it's not part of the standard testing regiment
The blood tests are extremely unreliable. And I don't say this to say "Yeah you have it dummy", just that you really can't know for sure and IT DOESN'T MATTER because almost everyone has it anyway. Watch videos on youtube by doctors addressing herpes and you'll see that they just don't see it has a big deal because it's so common. Most don't even think you should do blood tests because they're basically worthless, and that's why they aren't included in a standard STD panel.
I recently had to learn all about it after a potential partner disclosed, and I found this British doctor's youtube channel to be incredibly straightforward and informative:
https://www.youtube.com/@DrBretPalmer