Valtrex and Lies

I was watching TV the other night, and I saw a commercial for Valtrex. It's a medication that treats genital herpes. Apparently, people with this particular STD have pretty awesome lives. They're all attractive and in shape. They all have attractive and in shape significant others who know about their STD and don't really mind. They go canoeing, they run on the beach, they go to exclusive pool parties, they lie in hammocks with their boyfriends/girlfriends, etc. They talk to their doctors and make sure their partners are protected and don't have sex before or during outbreaks.

I could almost believe that people with genital herpes really live like that. But then I noticed something that really didn't make a lot of sense to me: the lady who wears knee pads, elbow pads, wrist guards, and a helmet while rollerblading. Something about that struck me as odd, and I asked myself, how does a person who goes to such lengths to protect herself while engaging in a relatively safe and no longer existent sport manage to contract genital herpes? How does a person remember to wear wrist guards but doesn't remember to use condoms? How exactly does that happen? It's very wise to think about your safety while rollerblading. Who wants a sprained wrist or scraped elbow? I certainly wouldn't. But you know what else I don't want? Genital herpes. So allow me to give you some advice, fake lady from the Valtrex commercial: why don't you go ahead and trade in those knee pads for a pack of trojans? I assure you, if you care about your safety, which you clearly do, condoms can do a lot more for you than the safety equipment you currently use.