77% of the population have symptoms of personality disorder?

Re:77% of the population have symptoms of personality disorder? by VBprogrammer on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @07:54PM (#1654750)

Surely if 77% of the population have something it is the 23% that have the disorder?!

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Re:77% of the population have symptoms of personality disorder? by goodside on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @08:28PM (#1654811)

Counterexample: Being overweight.

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Re:77% of the population have symptoms of personality disorder? by die_sekte on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @09:04PM (#1654888)

Or Herpes.

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Re:77% of the population have symptoms of personality disorder? by j_baker on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @09:11PM (#1654900)

I think you mean HPV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus#United_Sta...

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Re:77% of the population have symptoms of personality disorder? by wooster on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @11:07PM (#1655139)

  Herpetic gingivostomatitis is often the initial 
  presentation during the first herpes infection. 
  It is of greater severity than herpes labialis 
  which is often the subsequent presentations. 
  Around 90% of the U.S. population is affected 
  with this disease

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex

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Re:77% of the population have symptoms of personality disorder? by die_sekte on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @11:29PM (#1655183)

No, I did mean HSV-1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_herpes_simplex

It's the most successful virus.

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Re:77% of the population have symptoms of personality disorder? by stavrianos on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @09:10PM (#1654896)

you're assuming that the 77% all have the same thing.

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