It sounds like the end of anything vaguely resembling a love life for herpes sufferers, but there's an up side. The people who actually get cold sores and genital scabs are only a fraction of all the people who are infected. For every person who knows they've got herpes, another four infected people are wandering around without any symptoms, spreading virus left, right and centre. And we're not talking a few people here. So next time you're walking around with something that looks like half a cornflake on your lip, stand tall, be proud, and don't take any virus-ist behaviour from people just because they've never had the symptoms.
Chances are they're a walking factory for at least one flavour of herpes.