NYC Infection Rates are the Highest The Importance of Herpes Testing

As we citizens of Metropolis go about our merry way, whether it’s dancing into the night or visiting a library, whether you are the type of person to cheat on your taxes or the type of person to snitch on the other guy that cheats on his taxes, we folks from NYC have one thing in common. Yep—it seems that way too many of us are infected with the herpes virus! It may be time for testing procedures. What’ya think? 

The latest data from completely reliable sources approximate that one in four people from NYC are infected with the herpes virus. I don’t know about you, but we find this truly disturbing. In fact, the health department reports that a quarter of us are infected with the herpes virus, while a large majority of the infected go about their lives completely unaware that they are even sick! This is frightening. It’s sort of like being a sexual zombie…but not knowing it. So you just lumber about searching for brains (or in this case sex) and continue to advance the march of this awful disease. 

This is why receiving regular checkups—including testing for herpes—is so darn important. If you do not know your status, you can go about spreading the virus. Look, many people who know their status choose to not tell their partners—especially when no symptoms are showing. But, as optimists, we’d like to think that a majority of us cool cats and kittens from NYC would hold off on the unprotected sexual relations if they knew they could get someone else sick.

Testing is the first step, after that you can make informed decisions regarding your behavior. For those that decide to be under-handed sexual terrorists—infecting others for mere minutes of self pleasure—so be it (they’ll get their karmic comeuppance later). However, once this article is read, you cannot say you haven’t been told the facts. If your partner refuses to step up and utilize protection, then you demand it or hit the road (and) jack.

Even more disturbing in these recent findings is the fact that persons with the herpes virus are twice as likely to contract HIV. Due to the fact of slowed down bodily defenses and broken skin, the HIV virus can do its dirty work much easier in individuals positive for herpes. 

Here are some other statistics that make testing sound like the thing to do:

·         The rate of herpes infection is higher in NYC than anywhere else in the entire country.

 

·         In NYC the rate of herpes infection is higher in women than in men.

·         In NYC the rate of infection is higher amongst blacks than amongst whites.

·         In NYC the rate of infection is higher in men who have sex with other men, whether they identify as straight, bisexual or gay.

Look, it’s pretty clear that testing is the first line of defense in this ugly war—and it’s not just herpes testing you need to worry about. The facts continue to show that the citizens of NYC are more likely to contract, not only herpes, but gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis at a much higher rate than those Americans living outside our city. Get it together, get tested.

In NYC there is a great certified STDclinic located no more than two blocks from Grand Central Station. Log onto Herpes testing NYC for more information or call 1-212-696-5900 to arrange a quick and convenient appointment. The facts don’t lie. If you are sexually active in NYC you need to get tested and help turn these dire statistics around.