
Originally Posted by
muriloninja
No, Herpes is contracted by skin to skin contact! And wearing a condom does not cover everything now does it? There is this myth out there that condom protects from everything when in reality it does not.
Certainly he could have been carrying this for quite sometime and just now had a breakout, or he could have recently had a sexual encounter with an infected person.
HSV 1/2 are extremely common, and someone with HSV1 (cold sore) can give someone genital Herpes by giving them oral and vice versa.
The excuse of "not washing properly" is completely false and ignorant to say the least. He has contracted this from sexual intercourse, no other way around it.