How it started
Some time ago, during a routine exam, I was diagnosed with HSV-2. At first I did not understand all the implications. Then came the real questions: how it would affect my intimate life, my bonds, how I would talk about this with anyone. Loneliness and stigma pushed me to look for others going through the same. This community was born from that.
Mission
Share what time taught me: that you live well, partners rebuild, the stigma weighs more than the virus. Alongside that, keep clinical information with verifiable sources within reach. And open private spaces to talk with pseudonyms, without judgment, without real names.
2026, rewritten
This started in 2024 as "Vivir con Herpes Chile", a simple landing with WhatsApp and Facebook groups. In 2026 I rewrote it from scratch so clinical information could sit next to honest community talk, in three languages, with no personal brand. Same spirit, better tools.
Authorship and voice
Written under the pseudonym Marcelo, alongside people who also prefer not to appear by real name. Nobody is trying to stand out here. Clinical information comes from WHO, CDC, NIH, ECDC, Cochrane, Mayo Clinic, ASHA and peer-reviewed literature.
Editorial methodology
Each clinical article is reviewed every six months. No sponsorship, no Google Analytics, no profiling. Sources are out in the open at /llms.txt and /rag-index.json for anyone to inspect.
