Planning a trip to NEW YORK? Be careful!

[Tigermike 3,651]

Study: 1 in 4 adults in NYC have herpes virus

Jun 9 01:00 PM US/Eastern

NEW YORK (AP) - A city Health Department study finds that more than a fourth of adult New Yorkers are infected with the virus that causes genital herpes.

The study, released Monday, says about 26 percent of New York City adults have genital herpes, compared to about 19 percent nationwide.

The department says genital herpes can double a person's risk for contracting HIV.

Herpes can cause painful sores, but most people have no recognizable symptoms.

Among New Yorkers, the herpes rate is higher among women, black people and gay men.

The health department urges consistent use of condoms, and says its STD clinics offer free, confidential herpes testing.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9...;show_article=1

On the Net:

NYC Health Dept: http://www.nyc.gov/health

[bigsixfive 341]

Statistically, its one of the four. I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict four for four.

[Wishbone 0]

http://wcbstv.com/local/herpes.new.york.2.743868.html

Study: One-Fourth Of NYC Residents Have Herpes

Rates Of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, And Infectious Syphilis Are Also Higher Than The National Average

NEW YORK (CBS) ― Now might be the time for New Yorkers to take advantage of the free condom campaign the city promotes. A new study by the city's Health Department found more than a quarter of adult residents are infected with the herpes virus.

According to the study, 26 percent of city residents have the virus that causes genital herpes, an incurable sexually-transmitted infection that can cause painful genital sores and can double a person's risk for HIV.

Nationally, 19 percent of the population has the infection, according to the department.

More specifically, the study showed that the rate is higher among women than men – 36 percent compared to 19 percent – and was higher among blacks than whites – 49 percent versus 14 percent, respectfully.

It also found the rate was higher among gay men than heterosexual men – 32 percent compared to 18 percent.

"Genital herpes alone will not cause serious problems for most people," said Dr. Julia Schillinger, Director of Surveillance for the Health Department's Bureau of STD Prevention and Control and lead author of the study. "But some people will have painful genital sores and the infection fosters the spread of HIV. We advise New Yorkers to protect themselves and others. Using condoms consistently will help you avoid getting or spreading genital herpes."

The data come from the city's Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which used door-to-door interviews and in-person medical exams to assess the health of New Yorkers on a variety of measures, from diabetes to depression, according to the department.

The study was the city's first measurement of those infected with the virus. Herpes is not the only STD above the national rate in New York City. Rates of Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and infectious syphilis were also higher than the national rate.

[AURaptor 1,137]

Thankfully, I'll be paying more attention to the children.

( The preceeding is a joke. It should not be in any way taken as anything other than an attempt at humor. Please, spare the pm's . Again, it was only a joke )

[otterinbham 0]

I'm smelling a bogus statistic alert. You know the type....a shocking statistic designed to grab headlines for whatever cause it's espousing.

Think about it for a second. 26% of all men, women, and children...regardless of age. One in every four. That means, among the 18-54 population of New York, every other person has herpes.

Does that really sound plausible to you?

[Tigermike 3,651]

I'm smelling a bogus statistic alert. You know the type....a shocking statistic designed to grab headlines for whatever cause it's espousing.

Think about it for a second. 26% of all men, women, and children...regardless of age. One in every four. That means, among the 18-54 population of New York, every other person has herpes.

Does that really sound plausible to you?

About the Data

Genital herpes prevalence data come from the New York City Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which is modeled after the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The survey was conducted in 2004 among a representative sample of New York City adults 20 or older. Of the 1,999 people enrolled in the survey, 1,784 were tested for HSV-2.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2008/pr039-08.shtml

Since the data came from the NYC health dept, what would be their reasons for skewing the findings? More money?,,,,,,,,,,, Well OK, other than more money?

[otterinbham 0]

I'm smelling a bogus statistic alert. You know the type....a shocking statistic designed to grab headlines for whatever cause it's espousing.

Think about it for a second. 26% of all men, women, and children...regardless of age. One in every four. That means, among the 18-54 population of New York, every other person has herpes.

Does that really sound plausible to you?

About the Data

Genital herpes prevalence data come from the New York City Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which is modeled after the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The survey was conducted in 2004 among a representative sample of New York City adults 20 or older. Of the 1,999 people enrolled in the survey, 1,784 were tested for HSV-2.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2008/pr039-08.shtml

Since the data came from the NYC health dept, what would be their reasons for skewing the findings? More money?,,,,,,,,,,, Well OK, other than more money?

Exactly.

When I was a young reporter in the early 80s, I remember the FBI publishing this shocking statistic that over 1 million children were abducted in the country. Everybody in the newsroom was just agog over the number, wondering how this calamity could have happened. I mean everybody swallowed this baloney whole.

So I wander back to the newspaper's library, and pluck a copy of the Census off the shelf and borrow a calculator. I did the math and realized that, according to the FBI, one child out of 30 in the country had been kidnapped. When I couched it to them like that, it was like this collective "Ohhhhhhh...." came over the room. I begged my editor to do a story on it (Holy mackeral it would have made my name), but he thought the story was too hot to handle.

So that's how I feel about these kinds of statistics that are ginned up by government agencies for very dubious purposes.

[Wishbone 0]

Otter,

That stat only applies to adults. It says so in the first paragraph.

[CCTAU 3,429]

Herpes was invented by the government to keep women and blacks down.....

[otterinbham 0]

Otter,

That stat only applies to adults. It says so in the first paragraph.

So? Those over 65 (presumably far more unlikely to be sexually active) constitute 12.9% of the population of New York. So when we round, that means 82% of NYC's adult population are mainstream adults likely to have fairly normal sex lives.

Apply that 25% to the adult population, and it means that one in 3.28 adult New Yorkers, single, married, and celibate have herpes. Again, does this sound the least bit plausible to you?