I'm curious - is no one concerned about the risks of STDs when engaging in BBBJ and DATY? Take herpes for example: 80% of people with the virus haven't been diagnosed and don't even know they have it, yet one in four adult women in the US are infected with the herpes virus while for men the rate is one in five. It has been estimated that about 20% of the population have genital herpes and 90% have oral herpes (cold sores). To put that in perspective, if even 20 people read this post, the odds are four of you have genital herpes (and three of you don't know it) while 18 of you have oral herpes (and 16 of you don't know it). It seems like a significant risk, especially since those infected with the virus can infect even if blisters are not visible.
I'm not preaching or judging - I'm just curious how people juggle the risk vs. reward of these two activities. Anyone care to chime in and have a polite conversation?