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Monday, April 29, 2019

250 new herpes cases a day reported during Coachella music festival

More than one of every six Americans ages 14-49 have 
genital herpes.

This year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was headlined by hundreds of musical acts. It was also headlined by hundreds of new cases of the herpes simplex virus, according to a report by HerpAlert.

HerpAlert is an app that connects patients who think they may have HSV with physicians for secure, private and fast diagnosis and treatment. It told CBS Los Angeles that it normally deals with 12 cases a day.

However, during the two weekends of the 2019 Coachella festival, the rate spiked to 250 cases a day in the towns surrounding the famed event, KCAL reports.

In all, 1,105 herpes cases were reported in the Coachella Valley area and in the nearby cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, the NY Post reports.


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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fact did you know that 50% of African American Female's between 14 and 45 have a STD ?.

Anonymous said...

I didn't know that it could be spread by listening to bad live music.

Anonymous said...

Yep.

Anonymous said...

Whoever has it deserves it.Read this and don't think.Quit thinking! If you have it you deserve it case closed!

Anonymous said...

1:57 got a point? And also, that is not correct.

Anonymous said...

2:01 maybe they should put on the Eversley Brothers, spread some manure around and drink natty lite to make it seem more at home for you

Anonymous said...

And that's not counting all the ones that now have cold sores.

Anonymous said...

@4:00 does that apply to other diseases too? Cancer? Heart disease? Emphysema? Do they "deserve" cancer or something else because they drank, smoked, or otherwise engaged in risky behavior? How about a rape victim-do THEY deserve herpes or some other STD or unwanted pregnancy because they were raped? With statistics like what is in the story you likely have a mother/father/sister/brother etc. that has herpes too. Ask them if they deserve it.

Annoy said...

Provide proof

Anonymous said...

woooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooo. A good time to be had by all.

Anonymous said...

Google it FOOL.

Anonymous said...

The point is FACTS.