<human>: ...She recently contracted HSV-1 on her genitals from her ex.

...And a month or two after her primary infection, she has returned to selling on a panty-selling subreddit.

I've been reading literature on HSV (1 and 2) and its modes and rates of infection. Many Herpes info sites claim that HSV "does not live very long outside the body" ^1 ^(see comment) , but do not provide sources. Alternatively, I've grazed through a few articles that indicate HSV can live for much longer than 4 hours outside the body (e.g. "at least 8 weeks" on inanimate surfaces ^2 ).

I don't know if she started antiviral therapy, which she previously mentioned -- however, even if she were taking anti-virals, that doesn't mean she's incapable of transmitting the virus.

The fact that she can trasmit the virus is the problem I have with what she is doing. She is putting her buyers at risk by selling her underwear to them. Buyers do as they wish with the underwear, including smelling, licking, wearing, etc. While I found no definitive evidence that HSV-1 can be transmitted through vaginal discharge left on a pair of undewear worn for 3 days, packaged and sent through the mail...I didn't find any evidence stating it was impossible either.

When she told me she was considering selling underwear again after she contracted HSV-1, I told her it would be negligent to do so. Don't get me wrong, I am very sex-positive and see nothing wrong with selling underwear or what have you on the internet, but I highly disagree with what she is doing -- especially if she's not disclosing her HSV status to buyers.

Obviously there's a chance she will see this post, but I don't care. I need to talk to her about this. I don't know how to bring it up, and I don't think I can be her friend any more if she continues selling (without disclosing her status).

What would you do?

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<bot>: My [25F] best friend [23F] sells underwear on reddit, contracted HSV-1 on genitals, returned to selling underwear on reddit.