CDC: Nearly Half of All Black Women Have Genital Herpes
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the HIV epidemic is not the only thing that black people have to worry about. The CDC claims that nearly half (48 percent) of all African American women between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes.
Black women have the highest rate of infection and their rate is nearly twice as high as men. Overall, 21 percent of all women are infected, compared with 11.5 percent of men. For the black community, 39 percent of all African Americans are infected, compared with 12 percent for whites.
There is no cure for genital herpes (herpes simplex 2), which can cause recurring sores in the G*******a and increases the likelihood of HIV transmission. It is also related to oral herpes, or herpes simplex 1. The CDC also says that a full 80 percent of those who have herpes have no idea that they’ve been infected.
The CDC estimates that there are 19 million new herpes infections every year.
You can catch oral herpes by either kissing someone or sharing a glass or utensil with the infected person. The diseases lie inside the body in a dormant state until an outbreak occurs. Outbreaks can be caused by a number of factors, including stress, fatigue or excessive alcohol consumption.
You can catch herpes simplex 2 (genital herpes) through skin-to-skin contact with the infected area, or through unprotected oral or vaginal s-x. Many times, the person is able to pass the disease even when there is no outbreak. The CDC recommends that you go to the doctor to get tested for all STDs, not just HIV and wear a condom with all partners. It also helps to have your partner tested for all STDs as well.
For those who might be skeptical of this article, it’s important that you remain fully aware that we are sharing this information as a service to women of color, warning them of the dangers that exist in the dating world. That smooth, good-looking man you slept with last night may not know his STD status, and if you have oral s-x with him without protecting your mouth (and his), you are both at risk of catching herpes.
Ask yourself this question: Have you seen documentation stating that your current or previous lovers are herpes free? Also, did you use protection when they either gave you or had you give them oral s-x? This study was not debunked, as some are falsely stating on the Internet, and it’s not a conspiracy. Getting important information like this can save your life. Don’t live your life in fear and ignorance.
You can read this article on HealthyBlackWoman.com for more details.
WHAT? THAT BULLSHYT.
For obvious reasons we need to look within for our self truth and not the media. Once we’ve done that we can truly accept our identity for who we are and not allow the CDC, the Census Bureau OR anyone else for that matter to educate us on who we are! As a psychology major, I’ve learned that statistics tend to get skewed in favor of those it needs to favor. Why are “we” black women, according to again, the statisticians, the lowest poverty race, the highest in HIV stats and NOW the highest in Herpes Simplex 2 stats? Highly unlikely since I too wasn’t tested and considered in that survey conducted. Seems to me the agenda is to ruin our heritage and distort the beauty that lies within “every” black woman. Not to point fingers but guess what, “we” are not impregnating ourselves which lend many reasons to why we are in high poverty stats zones due to being single parent households (heads) raising often times more than one child and NOT capable of contracting HIV or Herpes by self alone. More positive contributions of “black women” need to be reported on these type of platforms simply because we are worthy of such! Ladies let’s not get mad for long but prove them wrong by being virtuous women as our grandmothers and predecessors were.
I totally agree with you. I think there as always been false information given to make black people in general look bad. Who did they test?
Are you saying as a psychology major that scientific data, professional ethics,and the peer review process is hokum?
Did you do any “research” on how the data was collected? Did you “research’ the epidemiology of the disease or just reacted with personal points?
Here’s the data from the site itself without layman’s comment that over-viewed the entire point:
http://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/stdfact-herpes.htm
I “researched” the subject for ten minutes before I give a comment ‘as a psychology major”.
The report’s objective was not to shame black women. This one I’ll point out the (black) men are the transmitters, while woman are the vectors for this disease. Better safe s*x and check ups are needed to lower the rates.
I end this to ask if you feel data collection is hokum why are you a psychology major?
Here we go again with all this negative Black woman stuff that Dr. Boyce seems determined to keep harping on. It makes me wonder if Dr. Boyce has “caught something himself” and now he’s mad. HA! He should have “wrapped it up.”
If so, the woman still had something to give.
Thank you for publishing the link to the actual research.
Promiscuity…careless s*x and the prevalence of oral s*x…
Surely, open or closed sores cannot be covered by a condom. The WHOLE pubic area, male AND female, is under the scope.
Also, exaggerated statistics drive fear through people, here’s one more thing to lash at Black women about. When y’all censored media outlets gonna get it together, in truth and pass that out?
Probably true. Shame that people cannot be more responsible.
If you think true for all black if you you’re black yourself that me as well. I say this there are no black folk running the CDC and every comment are statistics that relates to black has always been negative where’s the numbers for white women they dare tell. While im sure there are irresponsible in all races it pretty shame it all about the black woman looking pathetic, irresponsible and just plain lazy. In my world the I know are so much more and now of this negative portrayal of bs. The Cdc continues to make black women appear unattractive.
I would advice all people to never have s*x with the people who are seeing these statistics and acting like the white man is out to get them. You got all these brothers running around having s*x all over the place and women sucking their dix without even testing them for STDs. It makes sense that everybody would be getting herpes, especially in Atlanta, where anything goes. If you think somebody looks good, you sleep with them.
Let’s talk statistics first of all it designed to make on race look bad. lets break it down if blacks make up13% half would be 6.5 people out of a hundred whites 78% 12% out of 78 would be 9.36 so that would suggest more whites carry the disease. Get it right! Guess who people mess around most white weman. publishing more negitve thing to keep them from Multiplying race control.
It is alleged that most black women can’t get a man (at least a black male counterpart). So how can HALF of that same population have genital herpes?
Black news media should be ashamed for spreading exaggerated and out of proportion statistics, down right false (since it is alleged that black folk don’t go to doctors either) information.
I wonder who really OWNS these media outlets that target the black audience? d**n black folk can’t get truth anywhere.
This was not a rumor created by the media. The Center for Disease Control is not part of the media. Also, all those women who say they can’t get a man are still finding men that will have s*x with them. That’s why the disease gets spread, because some are so desperate that they will do anything for any man that will have them. They end up sharing the same guys, which is how the disease gets spread.
My question who runs CDC and how come statistics are always on black women where are the numbers for white women the cd is a media outlet in another form any time you provide data in a forum that and outlet black will never get the truth until we get our own CDC
since blacks make up a less amt of the population, even though the percentage of black women that have it is more then the percentage of white women…the actual number of white women (or other non black races included) is higher being that the white population is larger…so comparing percentage to percentage,as if that means more black women have herpes compared to other races, is completely false…CDC or not…whoever wrote this is def pushing an agenda instead of pushing actual statistics and comparisons
How in the h**l would you know that? This is BS! I believe there are problems, but not like this! The numbers are not adding up. African American women comprise no more than 6.5% of the population (if it’s true that black people has a whole make up 13% total), that means that 1/2 of us are running around disease infested (HIV and Herpes)? That is COMPLETE c**p!! So, they were able to test ALL African American women? I don’t remember being tested. How about the sisters who are posting here – were any of you tested???
I’m confused. One article a few months ago stated that black women weren’t dating because we had our a***s in the church too much. NOW, we were letting our a***s show too much (only a few months later mind you) and that’s why we’re diseased? Lord, I have read it all. I agree with the intelligent posts here that this is MORE war against black women. Let’s make sure no one touches are diseased ridden a***s with a 10 foot pole. Unbelievable and even more so if anyone believes this garbage.
I’m contacting the CDC and demand how they were able to obtain their data – because I sure as h**l don’t remember being tested!!
So CW, are you and the other women here are saying you don’t go for regular medical or OB/GYN check ups or you do, but weren’t being put in the percentage group not being diagnosed?
If it’s the former, the article stating a higher number having HSV-2 is a valid point as infected people may not show physical symptoms and is asymptomatic.
This wasn’t a “call you at your house asking about your safe s*x practices during dinner” survey.
If you want information on the data collection, what your’re looking for is the “Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set”.
This procedure includes data on age, s*x, race, residence of patient, length of stay, diagnosis, physicians, procedures, disposition of the patient and sources of payment.
That’s why its the law for medical worker to report to the CDC if you test positive for HIV as the these comments show, somebody’s lying.
@ Factcheck & Mozlyric… I Agree. What a silly report and a shame it was published. It’s interesting (per the report)48% of AA women are infected with herpes but at the same time 80% of these women don’t know they have it. How does this compute? Black media, shame on you for reporting this article by the CDC.
Amen to that.
Women of All Ethnicity can be Susceptible To Herpes simplex 2: A Sexually-Transmitted,Incurable Disease Caused by a Virus; Repeated Out-breaks of The Disease May Occur For The Rest of The Person’s Life. So You Should Do The Research To Know The Facts,Before You Unfairly Target All Black Women..Black Women are Tired of Being Labeled or Tagged for All of The Unecessary Negative,and Untrue Accusations,Thrown at Them…African American,Native African,Or Black Women in General,We are All One…We are Beautiful,Intelligent,Strong Proud and Often Immitated,but Never Duplicated…We are Michelle Obama #1 !!
Ana, I like what you said about Black women, now how do we get our men to think we are all these things.
It is time for the Black women to stand up, Educate ourselves and our daughters and fight back.There is no place in the good book that saids that you have to be with only a Black man. Look for some one,rather he is black or what ever that treasts you like the Queen you are. I want to say that all Black men are not the same. I know,because I was mareried to one for 34 years and he was the best.
I would not want to be lookiong for one now. I pray for all of you that you will find a man, that’s if you are looking for one. It is wounderful to grow old with some one you Love.
@Rejoyce- if you are serious about only dating non black men then, why are you so concerned about getting black men to believe you are all the great things ANA mentioned? Please, go ahead and date all the non black men you want, just stop trying to regulate how us black men think.
Thank you mozlyric. I was pondering the same thing. Why is that we are always the majority of all things unhealthy, s****l promiscuous. Who are these statical gurus?
Okay, Statistics reveal that half of the population of black women are not in relationships. So, of those who are nearly half of those women have of them have herpes. What a bias study? So, what about the other population of other women.
There is no denial that there are diseases in our community, yet it is not a disproportionate as this study would suggest. I hope that we are protecting ourselves and are not accepting data that is given to us at face value.
Who are these statisticians? My goodness people!
“sexually promiscuous”
Okay so far I’ve read articles of me being undesirable; unlikely to get married; considered not beautiful by most of society and now I’m a health risk. What’s next? Black Women will be picked up at random and thrown into a quarantine on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean? Or we’ll all be transported to Siberia? We get killed because we Black Women and exist? When will this freakin madness cease? As a black woman I’m beyond tired of the drama.
Whoever wrote this DID NOT READ WHAT THE CDC REPORTED.
16 percent of ALL Americans reportedly have herpes. Of that total 16 percent, 48 percent of those infected are black women. Not half the female black population of the U.S.
This article should be taken down. It’s misleading and salacious.
Shame on you.
You are correct in your reply. The problem with this article is the faulty reporting.
I agree and they seem to mislead the public on purpose… What a*s holes!
If we women would learn to leave nasty black men alone then we would not have this problem……
What you should stop doing is being nasty-a*s whores and have more respect for yourselves, black women, your daughters, the black community, and society at large.
@Nedrea- A high % of black men stopped dating black women years ago. therefore, your stupid comment AND because you and other simple black women are living in denial, while being promiscuous with every race of man available is the reason for these disproportionately high statistics on black women STD rates.
As a black male, I must say, it makes me uncomfortable hearing these reports. I’m not promiscuous,on occasion I get lucky, I always use protection. I’m healthy without any concern of transmitting anything and neither do I want to contract anything.
I was wondering if one or two of you ladies would tell me how to approach this issue without putting you off. I try, but I’m not very tactful.
Its easy…just ask. Real women feel the same way you do. We are healthy not worried about spreading anything & we dont want to catch anything either. I dont fear being asked…I actually respect the fact that a man wants to be careful. You can watch the words you choose to use & make sure you are respectful. It may help if you take a lil time to get to know her. If she has a problem or gets offended then maybe you shouldnt trust her.
Thanks Aslee, you were helpful, I’ll practice on the wording and give it a try whenever the opportunity arises again.
This will give me some peace of mind.
Asking someone if they have a disease is not beneficial. The article clearly stated that this is a disease that sometimes does not have symptoms. You can have it and if you have not specifically been tested for it, you can be spreading it unknowingly.
Before you enter into a s****l relationship with a woman, you need to let her know that your health is a priority and that you do not have s*x without a condom or papers!! When you two get to that point in your relationship, then you can go to the doctor and get paperwork to show each other. Simple.
Its ashame how they sit there and make us black women look awful. I know someone wit this and she got it from a guy she was DATING! Not from her sleeping around as the ignorant guy stated above. U got guys sleeping with guys coming back to women! We have to be safe me I’m scared of dating cause we never know!
I am so very tired of reading what passes for information from this and the other websites that are associated with it. Articles and information is miscommunicated, misinterpreted, and not checked for accuracy before it is sent out and we, as readers are supposed to us it to be informed and enlightened. I am unsubscribing and will get the information that I need to be an informed African-American for other sources. This is not it!
Kai I agree. Unfortunate, but true.
It’s good to know that Herpes in the da Hood is under control.. However, if you should ever, in your life time run across someone suffering from this dis-ease/virus there is a cure.. for herpes, HIV, cancer and other dis-eases that is destoying the lifes of our people “Ozone therapy”. A well kept secret from US citizens but not citizens of Europe !! Do your homework.
I say just be aware that Herpes is more common than you think and promiscuity has nothing to do with contracting herpes. Sometimes, people just trust the wrong person. Bottom line: strap it, and wrap it up!
I know everyone is tired of reading these negative reports about black women and their life prospects. As a young, black woman, I am, too, and I hate to feel as though my future may be bleak no matter what I do. BUT distrusting statistics doesn’t make them less true. Some stats are deceiving, true, and you have to be diligent about how they are presented and who presents them, but you can’t pretend as though they are blatantly false without additional research. When it comes to the CDC, where else are you going to get information on the spread of disease? That’s why this organization exists, so if you know of a better, accessible source, please let me know. According to the CDC, 48% of black (non-Hispanic) women, age 14-49, who were surveyed reported having HSV-2. The They surveyed a representative sample of people overall, so although only 893 black women were surveyed, they can magnify the results to the entire population of black women, which have a 95% chance of being accurate within a +/-4% range. So it’s 95% likely that 44-52% of all black women age 14-49 have HSV-2. That’s how political polls are conducted, too, and any other big survey. So could the numbers be a little different from 48%, yes, but does it change the fact that the prevalence among black women is extraordinarily high compared to whites and Mexican Americans, no.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5915a3.htm
Additionally, if you read the CDC’s FAQs for Herpes Screenings, it explains why HSV-2 testing is NOT standard in STD screenings. You typically have to ask for it, or a doctor won’t recommend it until they feel as though they have a reason to (e.g. you think you’ve been exposed or you begin to have an outbreak). Many people may think they’re fine because their STD results came back negative, not realizing that they never got tested for HSV-2. Additionally, the disease is more common among women than men, because it’s easier for men to spread to women than vice versa. So before you jump to question this particular stat, please go and get tested. Many people do not know they have it, and many more people are not going to talk about it. Know your status, and know your partner’s. That’s the best way you can respond to this article, if nothing else.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/screening.htm
Thank you, for using sources for facts. That’s how we lower the numbers
I’m starting to think some bitter white man is behind these crazy reports and wants to cause friction in the Black community..These stats are misleading at best.
Every thing negative in our community is not caused by the white man.
Almost all of it is our own fault, instead of taking care of business we play the blame game.
If you believe the statement is untrue, you have a computer, simply document your believe from several dis-simular sources and post it!
bullshit
o girl he eat my puccy so good i’ll do any thing…..there go your diseaes…in most case then bring that shyt to your men and they take to their other girl friend and on and on and on…..black have been train to spead all the white europeans diseaes…..AIDS comes from melanoma cancer….from main the people after age of 30…..in some case 25 and in others 4o….75 % after 45….only in white european but throught s*x can be give to blacks…especially when it in the back hole
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I am pretty sure that thsi study is based upon calculation methods of the number of cases reported by the CDC and other hospitals. an estimated that is then “modeled” upon the overall population-(a guesstimate). Common sense would tell you if you factored in the “fact” that The African American community only represents less than 20% percent of the US / population, the numbers of infected non African American would be increasingly higher…This would be like saying that the Herpes spread is primarily contained within or can be sources from within the African American community….And in closing I would like to also point out the possible and lingering “fall out” effects of the 40 year old “Tuskegee Experiment” that was done between 1932 to 1972 where blacks were infected with “syphilis” ….Wonder has there been another experiment to infect blacks with Herpes?….
In short, I am not “buying” the whole blacks are infected with herpes more than any other race in the US since, we (I am African American)are still the “minority population” in this country… So to my fellow African Americans I hope that this does not in any way alarm you about black men or women….I think the CDC -(if they did publish this) should be ashamed and reveal more about the numbers and how they calculated them..Many of you would be most surprised about the outcome…In fact, I hope many of you write the CDC and ask them for a detailed explanation of how (if they truly published this) they came about the numbers…..Lamar Mickens….Not alarmed….Not convinced….
Typical bullshit put out by whites. I do not have it but on any given day I see white women and men with that nasty s**t on their mouths so please stop lying!!!! The truth is in the pudding…
BLACK WOMAN MUST START TO RESPECT THERE BODIES BEFORE HAVING ANY CONTACT HAVE THE MAN OR WOMAN WHAT EVER YOUR IN TO TESTED BY YOUR OWN MD. THATS THE CURE TAKING PRIDE OF YOUR TEMPLE, IN THE END WHEN YOUR OLD AND MAYBE ALONE YOU WILL HAVE YOUR HEALTH AND MIND RIGHT s*x NOT THE KEY TO A LASTING RELATIONSHIP .THINK LADIES WELL HOW MANY OF YOU ARE A CLASSY WOMAN LOVE GOD FIRST NEVER TRUST ANY MAN OF THE FLESH HE LIES , GOD BLESS BE SAFE
I’m glad to say that I know that Jesus is a keeper. The bible says: “And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. (Isaiah 4:1 KJV). “but this is not for true Christians. Whew, thank God.
You ladies want to blame everyone but yourself. A lot of African American women are closet FREAKS. You’ll suck on some p**sy and act like you didn’t do it. Don’t get mad because the facts are coming out about what you do. Stop lying about your church life and be REAL sometimes. You guys are sexing without protecting. And half of you don’t have a husband but a baby daddy! AND YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE…
Black people who are saying that they don’t believe the study are probably the ones who aren’t getting tested. Don’t have s*x with these people.
I don’t believe prop are saying that there isn’t a problem with transmitting Std in the black community what folk are asking is how come we never see reports on other groups. Lets get all the information out
Most of the articles on this network are overblown in order to attract readership. However, it does not hurt to get tested for the decease. The medical profession also takes advantage of the situation. There is a product on the market that claims to HELP prevent the spread of the decease. HELP??? How mush help? That’s like some medications which HELP to lower blood pressure or bad cholesterol.
DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE PEOPLE. I HAPPEN TO LIVE IN ATLANTA AND I REMEMBER WHEN THEY WERE PLAYING THIS COMMERCIAL ON THE RADIO LAST YEAR. I ALMOST CHOCKED ON WHAT I WAS EATING BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO BE SITTING AROUND A TABLE OF MY CLOESET FRIENDS WHO ARE ALL AFRICAN AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL FEMALES WHO, BY THE WAY, ARE MAJORITY MARRIED BUT ALL OF US ARE DISEASE FREE. I WAS SO ANGRY THAT THEY KEPT PLAYING THAT INSULTING COMMERCIAL 10 TIMES A DAY SO I CALLED THE CDC,RIGHT HERE IN ATLANTA, ON TO THE CARPET TO EXPLAIN AND GIVE PROOF OF THESE SO CALLED STATISTICAL DATA. LET ME TELL YOU THAT THEY GIVE ME THE RUN AROUND,KEPT TRANSFERING ME TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND KEPT ME ON A HOLD FOR OVER AN HOUR. FINALLY THEY GIVE ME A NUMBER TO ANOTHER COMPANY WHO DOES THEIR STATISTICS AND I KNOW RIGHT THEN AND THERE THAT THEY WERE SPREADING A BUNCH OF LIES. AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS FINALLY I GOT DOWN TO THE ROOT OF THE SITUATION AND IT TURNED OUT THAT IT WAS A BLIND STUDY THAT THEY DID IN THIS SMALL RURAL TOWN IN COLORADO AND THATS HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THE COMPLETE LIE OF HALF OF BLACK WOMEN HAVING HERPES. BLACK PEOPLE, LET THIS BE A LESSON, WE HAVE TO STAND UP TO THOSE WHO WANT TO SPREAD LIES AND DEGRADE OUR RACE….ESPECIALLY OUR WOMEN.
Amen on that. Glad you contacted them directly. Again, stats are created by humans, in other words, capable of errors!
YES. TAKE THE STORY DOWN!! SCROLL DOWN FOR A MORE INFORMED READ OF WHY THE CDC RETRACTED THIS STORY. HERE’S THE CUT-AND-PASTE FROM A MORE INFORMED FACEBOOK FRIEND:
Aaron Sailor
Actually this is an old story…The CDC had to retract this story!! Here is the article:
DC’s shocking report last month that nearly half of all black women were infected with Herpes turns out to have a few problems. It appears that the da
ta group utilized in the survey was limited to one economic strata, with a high incidence of drug use. Ergo, what the study did was to select 890 poor black women from an urban environment instead of selecting a representative sample across economic lines.
The second issue is that the study only looked at exposure to the virus, which doesn’t necessarily mean that the women in the study would develop the disease. As such, there wasn’t a count of women who actually had developed Herpes.
Sometimes “Random Selection” Isn’t So Random
Behind the Herpes Numbers
The March reports of sky-high levels of the genital herpes virus among black women set off a firestorm of disbelief and recrimination. The numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave many black women an all-too-familiar feeling: shock, concern and an overwhelming sense of fatigue in the face of yet another study bringing bad news and fear.
African-American men and women often seem to be under siege when it comes to the ongoing flood of research trumpeting our higher rates of nearly everything, including sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). No doubt, disparities exist, but in this case, it’s reasonable to take a step back from the anger and take a closer look at what the statistics are really telling us.
The new research should not be seen as an indictment of the s****l behavior of African Americans. The numbers–though startling (48 percent of African-American women have been exposed to the virus that causes genital herpes)–are not so much about s*x, as they are about circumstances, and, possibly, the way information is gathered for medical research…
The current herpes statistics were based on a group of 893 African-American women, but the 48 percent number has been misinterpreted in most reports. “These women were only tested for antibodies to the HSV-2 virus,” explains Dr. David Malebranche, an assistant professor at Emory whose research focuses on STDs in African Americans. “This means that they have been exposed to the herpes virus, but it does not mean that these women have actually developed the disease or have active herpes. In fact, they may never develop active herpes.”…
The 2010 report is also not a harbinger of a growing epidemic. “The herpes numbers for black women have remained relatively the same over several years at 46 percent to 51 percent,” Douglas said. In the 1988-94 NHANES sample, the prevalence of herpes among black women was 51.3 percent, in the 2004 survey the number was 46.1 percent. That places the current rate–48 percent–right in the middle. “NHANES is less than perfect, but without a doubt the best that we have,” Douglas adds, a point that is shared by the majority of STD researchers…
Douglas and other experts say the numbers have very little to do with high-risk s****l behavior. “STDs are shared among people in s****l networks,” explains Dr. Irene Doherty, who is part of a team of researchers at the University of North Carolina who explore how STDs spread. “The theory of s****l networks is simple: It’s not what you do; it’s what your partners do and what your partner’s partners do. Our data shows that black women do not have more s*x or more high-risk s*x than other women. It’s fairly well-established that they select partners from a small pool that has a high rate of STDs.”…
Several African-American scholars, and other scientists, express concern about how research–even the highest quality research–is conducted when it comes to African Americans. In short, where are the millions of middle-class African Americans who are not living in poverty, using drugs or incarcerated in these numbers?
Dr. Velma Murry, a sociologist at Vanderbilt who studies the black middle class, found, for instance, that “adolescent, middle-class, African-American girls delayed having s*x two years beyond the national average,” a contradiction of other national reports. “When we look at research, middle-class African Americans are almost excluded,” Murry said. “Most research looks at middle-class whites and low-income African Americans. Then the two are compared and a disparity is reported. But there are far more differences within racial groups than between racial groups, so it’s very important to know who is in a study and how they were identified.”…
“There is a problem right now with CDC,” says Malebranche, who has had CDC funding, but does not intend to repeat the experience. “A lot of their statistics are myopic and flawed. I don’t think it’s a concerted effort to ignore the black middle class, but you don’t often see research on poor, white populations with high rates of STDs. I’m not in denial that disparities in STDs exist, but researchers often look for the easiest population to track and find,” which often means studying poor, urban areas.
“We can’t make any conclusive remarks about African Americans because middle-class African Americans are still an invisible population in most research,” Murry adds, noting that this not only leads to inaccurate reports about African-American life, “but we miss the positive practices of black families–the practices that work for us, that lead to better physical and psychological health.”
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Then shame on naturallymoi for sharing bad information. And if they are going to share it, at least do the due diligence. Thank you, Aaron for doing what they should of done. Imagine all the people who read this bs and take it as fact. I sw…
Why are we haggling over the nmbers and what CDC is saying. If you feel the numbers are wrong then do something about what you feel is wrong. I’m tired of Black people complaining and not stepping up to the plate and doing anything to correct what they say is wrong. CDC get it’s numbers from your state representatives, if you feel you are being mis-represented in the numbers then step up or shut up.
Sure and what about white women? it is a campagian to detroy black women in this country, more so since michelle obama. Besides those are not real numbers just percentages. Give us actual numbers, these percentages come from clinics. White women have access to heath care (pcp) Black women use the clinics. They try to make us sound like s*x crazy uneducated people. White women are the ones who are perfect. This is a lie. I work in the health field and I know the right statistics are not getting out. The sad part is people always believe what they read and the black meida feeds into the c**p. Its time for us siters to band together and get this stuff stoped!
Mis-informed people for the most part is the cause of the spread of STD’s in the Black community. Let’s get real we are in denial about everything until it presents itself and sit in our living room. I live in the South and we are number one in everything HIV/AIDS, herpes,syphllis, heart disease, diabetes, teen pregnancy, incarceration etc, etc, etc. I’ve worked in Public Health for the past 20 years and yes it’s as bad as CDC say. To those that doubt the numbers published by CDC you can go to your local health department and ask them for the numbers in your area. If you find discrepancies then challenge them. That’s the only way you will know for sure. How many of you have been tested for STD’s in the past year? Just what I thought!!!!
I was never a promiscuous girl but I was dating a guy who had herpes and he knew he had it. I admit I was young
And foolish and naive to sleep with someone without protection. After the initial shock of what he did
I eventual married the guy bc I felt I gas been entrapped and had no other chose. I didn’t believe I would find and one else who would except me with herpes. He knew I wouldnt have slept with him so he didn’t reveal his condition. After years of bitterness and resentment toward him, I finally got to a place of forgiveness. We have been married for 12yrs now and have three beautiful children, who were all delivered by c-section because of the herpes I contracted. I learned a valuable lesson the hard way. I will teach my children to treat everyone as though they have some type of disease until they can medically prove that they don’t,
If you haven’t notice,This page is Sponsored by one of those company who wants you to buy there suppression products “Dynamiclear.com/better-treatment”. Yes there are countless people infected and live in denial however I feel the numbers are misleading. Lets face it, who wants to face the fact that they have been infected with a virus that they think.. and are told over and over that there is no cure, let alone tell someone else that they are infected.
There are TERRIBLE effect of caring this virus in your body even though there aren’t any outbreaks. It destoys one nervous system and immune system over time, which is tied to the brain..it resides inside the cells. Suppressing outbreaks is like pushing it under the rug.. it keeps right on growing.
Ozone Therapy is a possible cure, it safely kills infected cells !! The medical Industry make money scaring people into buying there drugs not curing dis-eases. Not to mention the side effects.. Why would they cut off their money supply by curing dis-eases..they are the real drug pushers. We have got to learn to think outside the box !! Awaken my people..Don’t believe the Hype !!
I am a gentle, intelligent, caring, honest, affectionate Person. I respect others, do not use others for my gain. I am a confident person and treat all others as I want to be treated. I love sailing, hiking, all the great outdoors, animals, theater, movies and music and dancing. I am not materialistic, do not try to impress anyone, I am what I am and a one woman man. I know how to treat a special lady. I would also like to find a like-minded female, open minded as well as down to earth who likes to enjoy life to the fullest, where we can participate in activities together and encourage each other to pursue their interests as well. Am 23 years am single with no kids and never married am from Ghana here is my email address michaelforson2011@gmail.com
Am an optimistic person with a sense of humor, fairly easy going, and i don’t think that am too critical about things, but I also believe that it takes two people contributing to a relationship to make it work. I believe that nothing is more important than the connection between people that can only come from authentic and meaningful communication. I’m never bored, because there is always something interesting to do, see, or think about. I hate to argue but will express my feelings. Talk to me, not at me.
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Comdom won’t save you from this one.. Do your homework my People ..
Numbers don’t lie, people do…. The adage remains true… simply put lovers must pay attention and observe the sexuality of their mates prior to engaging… Closing your eyes just may be your down fall….
That article is old and still fulla c**p. However I do think that more black people should practice some good judgment before engaging in high risk behavior.
Put on a condom. Get to know the person before going to bed with them.
But we all know that white women are the biggest whores and they are the ones who suffer the most from STDs, especially of the throat variety.
Wanna know how?
There’s more of them.
They’re (supposedly) more desirable.
They have the money to go to private clinics where their info is private, unlike public clinics where the info is public information automatically.
Don’t believe the hyps too much, black people, but do learn to respect your bodies and practice safe s*x.
Though the stats in this article are incorrect, our problem stems from not being careful. If a woman has s*x with one man who just happen to be infected and is sleeping with multiple women, naturally more of us become a part of that statistic. You can’t leave your wellbeing in his hands even if he looks and says he is clean. Be smarter ladies.
Herpes Statistics
One out of five of the total adolescent and adult population is infected with genital herpes.
Infection is more common in women (approximately one out of four women) than in men (almost one out of five).
Male-to-female transmission is more efficient than female-to-male transmission.
One in five Americans have genital herpes (yet at least 80 percent of those with herpes are unaware they have it).
About 80 percent of American adults have oral herpes (cold sores).
An estimated 25 percent of American adults have genital herpes.
Genital herpes affects approximately one in six Australian adults
Approximately two-thirds of people who acquire STDs in the United States are younger than 25.1,3
About one in five people in the United States over age 12 (approximately 45 million individuals) are infected with HSV-2, the virus that causes genital herpes.2
According to the A.H.M.F. (Australian Herpes Management Forum) genital herpes is under-diagnosed — of people with genital herpes simplex virus infection only 1 in 5 are diagnosed and, up to 80% of cases of genital herpes are not recognized as such by clinicians.
At least one in four Americans will contract an STD at some point in their lives.
Up to 1 million new HSV-2 infections may be transmitted each year in the United States.1
Costs associated with genital herpes totaled approximately $237 million in 1994.3
Genital herpes infection also is more common among African Americans (45.9%) than among White Caucasian (17.6%).
Since the late 1970s, the number of Americans with genital herpes infection has increased 30%.
The largest increase of genital herpes is among young White teenagers.
Genital herpes infection is now five times more common in 12- to 19-year-old White adolescents.
Genital herpes is twice as common among young adults ages 20 to 29 than it was 20 years ago.
For more statistics on herpes please Click Here
References:
American Social Health Association. Sexually Transmitted Diseases in America: How Many Cases and at What Cost? Menlo Park, CA: Kaiser Family Foundation, 1998.
Fleming DT, et al. Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 in the United States, 1976 to 1994. NEJM 1997;337:1105-11.
Institute of Medicine. Committee on Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. The Hidden Epidemic: Confronting Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Eng TR and Butler WT, eds. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997.
OTHER RESOURCES:
National Center for Health Statistics (US)
Provides US public health statistics including diseases, pregnancies, births, aging, and mortality. Public use data files are available for download
National Statistics Online (UK)
Where and who are they getting it from? I assume Black men. It seems that this Boyce dude has a lot of hatred for Black women. Why not having articles that show the truth about Black women have more college degrees than Black men. In essence, how about showing that Black women make more money and are more successful in their career choices. This Boyce dude preaches about Black unity,thus, I am starting to believe just other.
@Kookie- A high % of black men stopped dating black women years ago. therefore, your stupid comment AND because you and other simple black women are living in denial, while being promiscuous with every race of man available is the reason for these disproportionately high statistics on black women STD rates.
WHY IS THIS MOSTLY BLACK PEOPLE INFECTED DISEASE UNCURABLE? WHEN DID DISEASE ORGINATE AND BY WHAT OR HOW?
This is sad, a lack of education combined with laziness. SMDH
What’s crazy to me is that most of the people saying that their they and their friends don’t have herpes have never been tested for herpes. People seem to think that if you just deny that you have it and don’t have any symptoms, you don’t have anything. The only people who have a right to talk about this stuff are people who have been tested for all the STDs. If you haven’t been tested, you probably have something and don’t know it. That’s why all those women can’t have babies after they catch something in college and don’t find out that they have it for another 5 years.
I’m trying to figure this out. Help me out. Did the CDC test every single black woman in Amerikkka in their “empirical” study? Or was it a specific set of women from a specific locale that they used in order to come to this conclusion? The results seem clearly biased to me. Black media should know better. You shouldn’t be grabbing sensational headlines for shock value and ringing up the cash register from the number of hits you’ve gotten from this “compendium of deliberate and audacious mendacity aimed yet again at our beautiful black women.
Read Olive Leaf Extract, by Morton Walker. Olive leaf Extract and an herb called chaparral are both used for this problem and the AIDS problems. To believe anything the CDC says may be risky. The CDC is controlled by the U.S. Military and many diseases have been intentionally spread by the military through spraying and medical injection programs, according to the testimony of many doctors and medical researcher, read Full Disclosure by Dr. Gary L. Glum. You can also read A Higher Form of Killing: The Secret History of Chemical and Biological Warfare Robert Harris, Jeremy Paxman. We also have the Tuskegee Experiment which was a government program to reduce Black/African American populations from 1932-1972.
Ref:
1. Politics in Healing: The Suppression and Manipulation of American Medicine by Daniel Haley
2. The Persecution and trial of Gaston Naessens: The True Story of The Efforts to Suppress an Alternative Treatment for Cancer, AIDS and Other Immunologically Based Diseases, by Christopher Bird.
3. DVD, The Strecker Memorandum, Robert B. Strecker MD, PhD.
4. Olive Leaf Extract, by Morton Walker.
5. Smallpox Vaccine “Triggered AIDS Virus”, Pearce Wright, Science Editor, London Times, Monday May 11, 1987
6. WHO Murdered Africa, by William Campbell Douglas, M.D. There is no question mark after the title of this article because the title is not a question.
7. DVD, VACCINES, What CDC Documents and Science Reveal, by Dr. Sherri J. Tenpenny
8. This Is A Bio-Attack Alert, by Robert B Strecker MD, PhD, Attorney Theodore A Strecker, written March 28, 1986 and submitted to every U.S. Government Agency.
9. “Full Disclosure”, by Dr. Gary L Glum (AIDS Evidence of Dr. John Seale
10. Nutrition Against Disease, Roger J. Williams
11. Racketeering in Medicine, The Suppression of Alternatives, James P. Carter, M.D., Dr.P.H
12. DVD, Cancer The Forbidden Cures, Massimo Mazzucco
13. DVD, Dying To Have Known, The Evidence Behind Natural Healing, Steve Kroschel
14. Murder By Injection: The Story of The Medical Conspiracy Against America, by Eustace Mullins
15. The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy: How The New World Order, Man-Made Diseases and Zombie Banks Are Destroying America, by Jim Marrs
16. The Great Bird Flu Hoax: The Truth They Don’t Want You To Know About the “Next Big Pandemic”, by Dr. Joseph Mercola
SINCE HAVING IT IS IN….THEY SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME FROM HERPES TO “THE LUGGAGE”…MUSH MORE FASHIONABLE
Another way to to stop the black race from expanding say they weman have disease.
Let’s talk statistics first of all it designed to make on race look bad. lets break it down if blacks make up13% half would be 7.5 people out of a hundred whites 78% 12% out of 78 would be 9.36 so that would suggest more whites carry the disease. Get it right!n Most black man have white weman anyway!
48% of black women ages 14 – 49 is still < 12% of whites because white people are a larger population of the country.
I’m a single saved sister who got herpes from my “single saved” fiancé. Yeah I was stupid
for having s*x before the marriage, but either way
it was going to be bad. We split because he was cheating. I didn’t
even know I had it until after the split. So, no we are not all
whores sleeping around. And herpes is not a death sentence.
Fools, that’s 48% of those infected are Black women. Not 48% of Black women infected. SMDH
I got condyaloma accumalota (vernereal warts from my ex husband. I was not the w***e, he was. He has herpes, but I was treated before I contracted herpes. Remember that when Aids came on the scene, many whites’ doctors did not report that they had the disease. The CDC stats are based on what is reported.
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Stats can be misrepresented for many reason. One to slow or eliminate the black birth rate, that many despise. If sisters are infected at such alarming rates, then white men should be leading the pack, because they love them some sisters, you see them sneaking around the hood meeting up with them,being there sugar daddy.
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I am glad others are upset about this trash talking black women. I never thought I would have to get on line and say that I am TIRED of this c**p. Everytime I look at some article from Dr. Boyce crew it bashes black women. It almost seems as if black women are being targeted so that all the men run to another race. This is such a shame, no one has anything good or great to say about us sistas. If we continue to allow the media to sterotype us like they have been, we will have NOTHING! meaning no one will hire us, date us, be our friends, etc because the media has down talked us to the point of no return. First it was the black man leaving us for the white women,we have bad attitudes, last week it was we all have bad credit, now we all have herpes. WOW!
Stop believing that everyone has to say good things about black women all the time. Dr. Watkins praises black women a lot and then gives honest criticism. He is not saying that black women are whores and he didn’t write this article. The author is saying that they are getting genital herpes from having unprotected oral s*x with black men who have oral herpes. Get tested and stop complaining about the truth.
@John- a large % of black men stopped dating black women years ago which, by the way is when everyone started to see a surge in BW/WM relationships. For the past several years black women have celebrated their s****l independence by exploring the wild side (swingers, s*x parties, threesomes etc) of interracial dating…how’s that working for you? We all know white men travel oversees in search of illicit s****l encounters and whatever they catch they come back and give it to their black women. Instead of blaming black men for this increase in STD’ the blame should go to y’all white boy friends you keep bragging that you’re sleeping with.
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All of the half-baked statisticians who think they know stats better than the CDC, please get your a*s tested for herpes and then go back to school. Notice that the study says that most people with herpes don’t even know that they have it. Secondly, the CDC DID NOT say that the data was a lie. That’s bullshiiiiit. What you are referencing is an article that explains all the factors that cause the high STD rate, like having s*x in an infected population.
If you keep living in denial, you’re putting your health at risk. Get tested for herpes NOW!
The CDC gets it statistics from people who go to the doctor and are treated for herpes. Whenever someone is treated for a disease, it is reported, anonymously most times, to track it in case of a serious outbreak.
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The big question should be where did they get it from? The answer would be every body else.
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When music artist started perpetuating the practice of oral s*x…when this started becoming prevalent, why didn’t the CDC interject, then, to launch PSA’s warning people of the risks revolving around that practice, to counter what was being SOLD 10, 15, 20 years ago? It was clear to me, then, the risks involved as teen which is why I never engaged in promiscuity, hyper-sexuality and oral s*x.
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@Rejoyce,you assumed those women got herpes from black men,when you and other black women are sleeping with white and other non black men,and a whole lot of you are sleeping with both sexes.
Who has been f*****g black men lately? Not black women. Therefore, so who gave it to black women? Oh and where the h**l these black men got it from? Okay. Found the initial carriers.
I met an experienced physician and researcher that told me, according to his research and professional experience that herpes is “endemic” to the human population. The human body harbors many viruses. But there’s many things one can do, including condoms, to minimize the spread of this malady.
This article is one big lie – half of all black women do not have anything. If you want to publish such nonsense, back it up with real facts. Whites who publish such trash are sick and full of hate.
Whites have spread diseases through history and have always lied about these facts.
This article is totally false! Take it down!
Thank you very much , I feel that this is nothing more than a bit of rubbiish that’s is published.
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Here we go again another report concerning Black people of America; you know you cannot believe those darn reports that come from any agency of the government or anywhere else for that matter. Sit back and think for a minute, the government gave Black male’s syphilis in the 40’s,
Dope was pushed in Black communities in the 70.s and we still march on. When Europeans came to the new world, and any other place for that matter,
The native population died off or was killed and when Europeans came to America, the Indians died from diseases that the white man brought over from Europe,
We as a group of people are still here, we have been lynched, shot, killed and imprisoned, we still march on, don’t take what I say as gospel,
Fact check me, check it out on the net, White people die of as many diseases as we do or if not more. As long as we have a ball in our hand or somewhere shaking our booty, we seem to be well like by whites’.
I’m a black woman who got herpes from my black college boyfriend. He had it before we met and just never told me. He was also cheating so it’s likely he passed it to others and still is 11 years since. After him, I was engaged to another black man with the disease (we discussed our statuses before being intimate) who caught it from getting oral s*x from black woman with oral herpes while in college. We went to the same school so it’s likely that a good chunk of black people from that school have it b/c it’s college and obviously people are sleeping around.
In my circle of friends now, I know of at least 2 other black women who have it. I’m sure more do but it has such a social stigma, its not really something people talk about openly. But 1 in 4 is pretty accurate. Obviously a lot of times, the 1 is me and they just don’t know it. We’re all college educated, professional women who just got the bad luck of the draw with our s****l partners.
I caught mine while in a (one-sided) committed relationship as did my other 2 friends. I’m not nor have I ever been promiscuous. Now, because I’m so #1-cautious of rushed intimacy & #2-afraid of the rejection after my disclosure, I actually end up stacking up years of involuntary abstinence.
Bottom line, stop fighting the statistics. If you don’t have it, I promise you, you know or have slept with someone who does. Be safe and be smart. It’s not by any means a death sentence but the stigma keeps people quiet about their status and causes it to continue to spread because of fear and dishonesty.
Educate your children. Be a virgin and marry a virgin. Be aware of the fact that America in general is hyper-s****l and hyper-infected with sexually transmitted diseases. Any s*x outside of marriage is adultery which is sin. No benefit, no progress and no life.
OH My. This information is extremely alarming.
Please pay attention.
Did you take a poll on White women? I worked with the census bureau in 1980. I don’t believe their count!! Never Will! What I observed it is not accurate.
There you have it. Based on this information and reading the VAST comments left by others. You can only blame your self. The black community is consistently blaming others for what befalls them. From the President on down to the lowest life form. ” It wasn’t me, It was the white man, It’s racism”, and the list is endless. Who did the report? who cares. The report came from a Black Operated News Mag. Blame them.
Except the article was written inaccurately. Per the CDC stats, 16% of people 14 to 49 have the disease. Of THOSE 16%, 40% are black. That’s still too high. But it’s certainly drastically different than saying 40% of blacks have herpes. Those who suspect propaganda or agenda have valid cause for concern. This happens far too often.
Alarming Information. Pay Attention.
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Blacks in general are VERY undereducated thus lacking the ability to understand this study not to mention trying to keep from getting the clap, f***y flu, bull head clap, hpv, coochie cold sores, and a host of others. Keep staying ignorant so I won’t have you as competition in the labor force.
Has anyone ever watched Contagion? My problem with the CDC is, it is believeable that cannot be trusted.
Silly uncle Rufus.
Black women must value and protect themselves; nobody else does. We should not even think of having s*x without protection. If the man doesn’t agree, tell him to get lost. Better to be without a man than contaminated by one.
@ Big Will, do you believe that the majority of black men are in jail? What about on the down low? As for this study, let me get this straight…. most who have herpes don’t know they have it..so how does the cdc know they have it? How can the black women numbers be higher? They have to give it or get it from someone, so shouldn’t the numbers at least be even? And there also was a study that said black women are the least likely to date outside their race. So for the people saying we got it from white men or other races, the numbers don’t back that up. Bottom line you can’t believe one study and not the others, just because you want a reason to trash black women. My opinion, its all bs. Keep believing it and stop reproducing and see what happens. If I believed all the studies, I wouldn’t sleep with black men because they stay in jail and have s*x with men then get out and sleep with too many women and have kids who they don’t take care of. Then if they do make something of themselves they go to white women that’s if they live that long and not get shot and killed by the age of 28. I would never believe all that though..why? Because I know people have an invested interest in making my brothers looks bad
One more thing, this article is old and it was debunked. Why is this site re posting it?
I understand that STD’s are real, but I am very suspicious of all these negative reports that have been coming out recently targeting Black women. If they are true then Black women are truly an endangered species. Did they test all of the Black womnen and half were found to be infected? Of those Black women tested how can we confirm the results? How many were false positive? How many of the samples were compromised in some way? Who did the lab work? What is the purpose of releasing all the negative information about Black women?
Brothers and Sisters, we are at war! War has been declared on us. The propaganda phase is in full swing. They (white people) are creating all the negative images they can on Black women and Black men. Demonize all of us and when the final solution is implemented,nobody in the world will care because white folks got rid of a pesty problem.If all the Black women are unfit to become wives (reproduce) because they are all sick and are afflicted with someother social or emotional malady then what good are they? If all the Black men are sociopaths, criminals, irresponsible and whatever bad thing one can imagine, then what good are they? They (white media) never emphasize the good. What about all those beautiful Black healthy women who are managing to stay moral, strong and focused despite the tremendous odds against them? What about all of those beautiful Black women who are managing to raise good children despite the odds and the obstacles this racist society puts in their way? What about the millions that have not contracted any STD’s?
What about all the good Black brothers out here that are excellent fathers and staying true to their spouses? What about the millions of Black brothers out here, sometimes working two jobs, to take care of their families? All of us are not in jail! If the truth is told, it is a miracle that we have been able to do as well as we have considering the odds against us. I am not ignoring the problems we face, but like any group there is the good and the bad. Aside from the native Red Man Black people are the most maligned and mistreated in this society. They killed most of the native Red men and Red women. If their numbers were as great as ours this government would start another campaign to eradicate them. In this society’s eyes, we are what the Native people were to them in 1492. I am not saying that STD’s are not a problem in the Black community. But, brothers and sisters, they are a problem in every community! What percentage of white women are infected with herpes? Their promscuity is a known fact. Are they all using condoms? Here in New York, most of the Black and Brown prostitutes say that their “johns” are predominately white. White men are not being infected? Come on, now. Everybody, please think. Please remember, my beloved Brothers and Sisters, the media will make you think what is not, is, and what is, is not. They will make you love your enemies and hate yourself. They will confuse you so much that you end up hating what and who they hate. Who do they (white folks)hate the most? Please don’t believe everything you read. They can make statistics say anything.