95% of healthy people have been infected with Epstein-Barr, it just doesn’t have acute symptoms in many people
Both Epstein-Barr and chickenpox are herpes viruses, all of which establish residence in your cells forever. “Postherpetic” doesn’t necessarily mean HSV1/2, it includes multiple viruses that are (EB, cytomegalovirus) or were (chickenpox, pre-vaccine) nearly impossible to avoid without living in a bubble.
This isn’t cruxy for me, but:
95% of healthy people have been infected with Epstein-Barr, it just doesn’t have acute symptoms in many people
Both Epstein-Barr and chickenpox are herpes viruses, all of which establish residence in your cells forever. “Postherpetic” doesn’t necessarily mean HSV1/2, it includes multiple viruses that are (EB, cytomegalovirus) or were (chickenpox, pre-vaccine) nearly impossible to avoid without living in a bubble.