Medical experts are quick to dispute HerpAlert’s findings.
According to Jose Arballo, a reputed member the Riverside Department Public Health, the reports a herpes outbreak Coachella are completely false. “I reached out to our lab departments, disease control, and our HIV and STD program and none them reported a spike in herpes cases,” the public information ficer told the press.
As you likely heard, a web-based resourced called HerpAlert is at the root the news story. By sourcing their pool data, TMZ was able to piece together a written report illustrating a 2,083% increase in reported herpes cases in Indio, California, and the surrounding townships.
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Arballo’s reluctance to accept HerpAlert’s findings comes from a learned. Let me preface that by saying, I for one don’t fully understand how the disease is transmitted, but I’ll let Arballo’s medical colleagues take it from here on out.
“My first reaction is that the whole thing is kind silly because symptoms don’t typically show up in 24 hours,” said Dr. Jill Grimes, a respected medical practitioner who authored a fairly comprehensive book titled “Seductive Delusions: How Everyday People Catch STDs.” After looking into it myself, I can honestly say she’s right: herpes does indeed incur a period gestation before it rears its ugly head.
With that said, the opinion several medical ficials doesn’t disprove HerpAlert’s findings – within a shadow a doubt. In its initial report, HerpAlert did state that their findings were based f a week’s worth data. In either case, HerpAlert does sound like a bungled start-up company, but who’s to say a doctor won’t lead you astray. I smell fish all over.