If you're a prostitute and thus know you're at a high risk of getting
Herpes, would it be possible or advisable to vaccinate with the live
virus? For instance, condoms do offer some protection against Herpes
and have been suggested as a way of lessening the outbreak area in the
event the virus is contracted, so if you knew you were going to be
infected, would it thus be better to infect a small place on the skin
somewhere so you didn't have a huge outbreak?

In message <3a5c1914-cd9d-420b-b1bb-cc60a93174d6@k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, hot_chick1003@rock.com wrote:

In a word, no. If it were that easy, we'd have vaccines
against everything.

hot_chick1003 writes:

Here's a copy/paste of an explanation I just gave in another thread.
It may help you understand why your idea won't work.
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Yes, virus can be shed from the skin even when there is no visible
outbreak. I'll explain further below.

After infection, the virus sets up housekeeping in the Sacral Ganglia
where it lies dormant most of the time doing no harm. The Sacral
Ganglia is at the base of the spine and is the root of the sensory...

On Jul 1, 8:52 pm, M2slo2...@nospam.invalid wrote:

Hi,
This is so not true. It is entirely possible to get Herpes 2 in more than
one place at the same time: I know, because I have Herpes 2 genitally AND on
the palm of my hand (called Whitlow).
Any more questions?
mama z

rock.com> wrote in message
news:dbb27485-ce00-4ec4-898d-f714d638b2d1@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
But I read that people who get Herpes 2 on their mouth don't get it on
their genitals and vice versa. So while it's not the most ideal
solution, it might be better than nothing if it was possible to infect
a small place on your arm or something and then cover it for weeks
until your body developed anti-bodies. This might be better then
getting a full blown case of it in the genital region.

See: http://www.herpes.com/hsv1-2.html

Generally, when looking for a vaccine, you look for something
predictable and reliable that works on as many people as possible. And
although your proposal might "work" in a few cases, it could
(probably) do more harm than good in many (maybe most) other cases.
And there's no way to predict who would benefit and who would be
harmed.

M2

hot_chick1003 writes: