This all started July 21, 2008 when blogger Sean Thomas of BannedinHollywood.com, quoted CDC spokesman Dr. Cole Desorio: “If it’s absolutely necessary to play beer pong, use the waterfall method. Many young adults, when asked if they practice safe pong, responded that they rinse the ball after it bounces off the table. CDC statistics have shown that rinsing has a negligible effect on the prevention of HSV transmission.” He went on the record, “We’re here to educate students on the dangers of [beer] pong and other casual drinking games. If we can get just one person to abstain, we’ve done our job.”
Sean Thomas who first posted the filthy lie was quoted: “I came up with the idea while observing a few friends playing everyone’s favorite party game,” he goes on to say in a letter to Fox News “Our first inclination is that no one would believe it was real,” he finished up with. “We thought the ridiculous quotes were a dead giveaway.”
February 26, 2009 CDC Division of Media Relations released this statement on their website: “Recent news stories about an alleged CDC study showing a possible link between the drinking game, Beer Pong, and herpes simplex 1, the virus that causes cold sores, are false. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not publish the referenced article. For more information please contact CDC′s Division of Media Relations at 404-639-3286.”
The bottom line is that beer pong will not give you herpes. Forget about all the quotes, facts, and lies. I think Stephen Colbert put it best when he said: “who’s fucking our ping pong balls?” Watch his take on the herpes hoax below.
April 6th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Beer Pong can give you mono, however. I came home with mono after “Senior Week” in Ocean City Maryland after many bouts of quarters (I don’t think Beer Pong existed yet).
I lost a girlfriend over it who refused to believe that I didn’t hook up with some other girl during the week who gave it to me. (Who can blame her … I was quite a stud back then … ha ha!)
April 12th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Hello,
Not sure that this is true:), but thanks for a post.
Thank you
SonyaSunny
June 1st, 2009 at 1:35 am
Unprotected Beer Pong Will NOT Give You Herpes http://bit.ly/3fscjT
September 29th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
The problem is not herpes, but sanitation when cups are shared through reuse without washing them. That’s why we prefer old school beer pong that uses far fewer cups than today’s main stream beer pong aka Beirut. However, a dirty pong ball will effect either style of play equally.
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:51 am
Why be a man when you can be a success?
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