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January 13, 2015 at 1:03 am
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Terri Warren
Keymaster
Probably the reason you haven’t found much is that we don’t have much!
1) we don’t know
2) we don’t know
3) more skin to skin than secretions, but I wouldn’t completely rule that out
4) There is debate, yes. And if you are having sex with someone who already has oral HSV 1 (cold sores) they are not at risk. My feeling personally is that you should disclose because if this turns out to be a long term thing, it will come out and they may be angry that you did not disclose.
5) no, we are not.
Please feel free to ask two more questions/posts, knowing that I may not have the answers that you seek.
Terri