Not the nicest of subjects but I saw an advert in a magazine that said one in five Canadiand has herpes.

This seems incredibly high - is it the same in England or is Canada unlucky.

'Bout the same in America, I think. There's no cure; it's a virus, and it stays with you for life.

Canada and USA have the amongst the highest rates in the world for HSV2 infection. US has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the world. Kids are sexually active at a much younger age here (look at the TV and magazines to see why).

http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40001766/ Gives you UK infection rates.

wow, depressing

No cure as yet and people with the facial variety (cold sores) shouldn't kiss babies as it can lead to a brain infection! The amazing things you can find on the net!

Eh?

Firstly, we're not in the US so the rate there wouldn't be the rate here. If you're arguing that Canada is, practically speaking, part of the US, then I'd tned to agree but I suspect few here would.

Secondly, this is a very dodgy assertion, South Africa, for example, would have a lot of teen pregnancies and not much in the way of reporting. The US might report a high rate but it doesn't follow that it's the highest actual rate.

Thirdly, if kids are sexually active at a younger age "here" (the US ? Canada ? BC ? Your house ?) we've no reason to suppose it's because of TV and magazines. Is there some particular feature of the Canadian media you feel causes pregnancies ? Mcleans doesn't give me the horn, I suppose one could say that people will do anything rather than watch Elvira Kurt but it's hardly a causal link.

Here, for a bit of balance is happy tale of the UK woman who has three children who have recently given birth; one was pregnant at 12.

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/..._page_id=1770#

Note that I use "balance" and "mailonsunday" in the same post delightedly.

Blimey, that might explain a lot!!!