Are Herpes Tests Accurate? The Truth Everyone Gets Wrong.

Everyone says herpes screening tests aren’t “accurate”… but is that actually true?In this week’s podcast, we break it all down: specificity, sensitivity, positive predictive value, IgG versus IgM — everything you could possibly want to know about herpes simplex virus antibody testing (and probably a few things you didn’t know you needed).If you’ve ever wondered why these tests are so misunderstood — or why people panic over results that don’t mean what they think they mean — this episode will make everything finally click.Oh, and of course: our dirty joke of the week