Change the MS STD law and add the herpes virus to it.

• YOU CAN SIGN THIS PETITION ANONYMOUSLY .MANY HAVE SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SIGN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT THEIR NAME ON HERE OR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE STIGMA BEHIND THIS DISEASE ! PLEASE SIGN & SHARE! Imagine your daughter or son came home from a normal check up and two weeks later they randomly bust into tears . You ask what's wrong and they're unable to utter a word behind the loud cries and sobbing . They finally calm down and tell you that the doctor gave them shocking information , that they contracted the herpes virus , hsv 2 , also known as Genital herpes . They sit down and try to gather their thoughts but between the confusion, hurt feelings , and feeling disgusted they just stare into space and cry . Then they start the conversation ... "I've only been with them , I was checked before them , how could this happen , WHY ME ?! " You try to speak but for once ,as a parent , you have no words .... This happens quite often. 1 in 5 people often . I was lied to by the man I was in love with and in a relationship with  , and I still love, although we aren't together now ..I  went for my normal check up and I got this devastating news . After the news , the guy I loved admitted that he has had this disease and he never said a word from the day we met until the day I found out . He never showed a sign WHICH IS COMMON , BUT HE KNEW he gave it to his ex as well . He's known for years and said NOTHING. . I feel disgusting , I feel unwanted , I feel used , I feel ....... worthless. Although I feel this way , I am helpless . The laws in Mississippi will NOT prosecute a person knowingly spreading an std unless it's HIV , Hepatitis ,and in some rare cases HPV and syphillis. Syphillis is a CUREABLE STI , yet you can prosecute in some cases . WHY can I not prosecute for an in-curable disease ?

I'll tell you why , because the state of Mississippi doesn't think that you have a right to prosecute over herpes because it cannot kill you . Oh but it can ! It can make you feel so disgusting , mentally ,emotionally , and physically . It eats at your brain to the point of depression and in some cases leads to suicide . I have to go through pain from inflammation, and if I do have an outbreak there will be pain from that . All because someone lied to me . Chlamydia is a curable disease as well , but if left untreated it can cause you to become sterile (in other words to not be able to have kids ) . Every std or sti that can cause ANY problems should be in these laws and eligible for prosecution if a person knowingly transmits it . But this petition is to work towards getting HERPES into the laws , not herpes simplex 1 (coldsores,fever blisters ) but hsv 2 (genital herpes ) The stigma behind this disease is much worse than that of hpv or hepatitis .The stigma and judgement alone can make you so depressed to the point of taking your own life. Please help change this law , sign and share this petition. Many people have contacted myself and a friend of mine about having this themselves but they're too scared to speak out because of stigma but I do have one other story that I will share just try to put yourself in the shoes of the lady in this story so maybe you can understand slightly how it feels .

I've always been very cautious about sex and made sure I was protected . I had a great life , great job ,my own home and then one day it all was flipped upside down . I was engaged and I had been tested before I started dating the guy I was with , I used protection everytime ,then we got engaged . I thought I would be spending my life with this BOY . He didn't work, I supported him ,I supported us . I went for a check up about 4 months into our engagement , I felt like I had the flu and I just went to see what was going on (my gyno was a nurse practitioner ) . I went in and she said my WBC count was high , I had no symptoms of herpes , so she tested me for everything and gave me flu medicine.I kept getting test run until she decided I was going to be hospitalized because they couldn't find the infection . Then she decided to test me for the more serious stuff . I remember the day like it was yesterday , she called me while I was getting ready at home and asked me where I was and if I was sitting down . Then she uttered these words "you tested positive for genital herpes " I just said "I'll call you back " and hung up while she was yelling "NO no don't hang up calm down calm down " I left with half of My hair fixed , in a daze . I was mad . I tried to hurt the boy I was with , I tried to kill myself . I felt so disgusting and no amount of showers could help . My depression worsened. . After all of this he told me that he could've had it already . Then he changed it to he did . Then he changed it to he didn't ,but he denied cheating on me . There was NO denying it came from him . I told my mom , I had to be sent to a mental facility due to the depression and anger . I was so embarrassed I didn't even tell my best friend for a year. Here it is 7 years later and I still feel just as disgusting, yet Ive taken the responsibility to tell every person ,that even slightly showed interest in me , UP FRONT . I get talked about , judged , called nasty names and NOONE even knows how it happened except for my friends , family , and past boyfriends . I have to live with this , I have the responsibility to inform people , and he walks around sleeping with underaged girls or any girl for that matter without saying a word . He's actually denied it and Has given it to 3 people I know . Why in the world can he NOT BE PROSECUTED ? This is not right ,it's not okay at all . And people talk so badly about it . Here it is 7 years later and not ONE person has contracted this virus from me because we take the proper precautions , I've never had an outbreak or symptom , I take my medicine everyday BUT you can still contract it from someone even if there are no symptoms , they're on medication, and you use condoms . There's no cure . But I will address this . No you cannot get this virus from sharing drinks , kissing (you can get herpes 1 (coldsores)from kissing or sharing a drink or chapstick . No you cannot get this virus from a toilet seat , from wearing someone's clothes. It's NOT in your bloodstream, they cannot test your blood ,urine , feces for the disease they have to do a skin swab or cut off a piece of skin or your cervix to test for it .It's a SKIN VIRUS . And you can only get it from Skin to skin contact , meaning your genitals touching . You cannot get this disease from someones genitals touching something then your genitals touching the same thing because the disease cannot survive off of your body long enough for anyone to contract it that way. You can help prevent spreading but there's no way to completely prevent it. This RUINED my life as well as Koris. So please take a stand imagine yourself being lied to , or cheated on and getting this virus . Imagine your child , sister , brother , mother , father , cousin, friend getting this virus. Imagine watching them STRUGGLE with the gossip and the stigma . Imagine watching them straddling the fence on whether they should take their life or not . Imagine them actually taking their life . This disease should be included in the law for entrapment , this disease should be eligible for prosecution if a person knowingly transmits it . This disease should be in the law to where you can prosecute someone for cheating on you and bringing it home to you .ANY AND EVERY PERSON SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR PROSECUTION IF THEY SPREAD AN STI OR STD KNOWINGLY(without informing their partner) OR FROM CHEATING . STOP THE SILENCE TAKE A STAND . SIGN AND SHARE AND TAKE MY HAND. RALLY TOGETHER TO CHANGE THE LAW AND THE WORLD!!!!!