Ain’t that a blip: Genital Herpes — Medicine vs Prevention
May 23, 2006 | 9:34 pm“Mommy…what’s genital herpes?”
Surely someone’s heard that question by now. What exactly does a parent say to their seven year old when they become influenced by that damn Valtrex commercial?
In this procrastinated world of sexual teaching, where “Sometimes mummies & daddies like to do a special hug” baloney is the norm, I can only snort-heave at the possibilities. I know someone somewhere has ‘ratings for commercials’ on their to-do list somewhere.
But since I have no kids, I’ve got to be complaining about this for another reason, right? How about the truth: That in this day and age living with a disease can be more important (and profitable) that preventing it.
1) It’s perfectly acceptable for the big networks to show numerous Valtrex commercials that talk about helping people deal with genital herpes once they have it…
2) But these same networks won’t show ads for any sort of contraception that could help prevent getting the disease in the first damn place!
Religious zealots scare us into a tip-toe-through-the-demographics mentality….
And then the pharmactical industry gives us a pill (and a bill) to deal with the consequences…(no cure in sight….)
Ain’t that a blip…
(Still…at least the Valtrex commercials don’t have mascots like the Antonio Banderas bee or the henious Digger the Dermatophyte…)
As a previous classmate and friend, I’d first like to say that pharmaceutical sales are a billion-dollar a year industry and of course the entertainment industry would love to get a cut of that. Why not? The drug industry isn’t that regulated. If I knew I could get some type of kick-back for exposing horny little teenagers to a wonder-pill for herpes, wouldn’t you?
Secondly, they just found a cure for herpes–they’re just waiting for all the FDA approvals and legal mumbo-jumbo bullshit to go through their proper channels. So as a future sex therapist and healthcare professional, fuck until your dicks fall off! We have a pill that does wonders!!