>>8392342In all fairness, probably not actually. I really wouldn't be surprised if someone decided to make that up and spread it around as a joke, because they knew it would be believable, and it simply caught on.
But in saying that it could be true. I don't know if the herpes virus can be transmitted through water though. But I'd be more worried about something like hepatitis personally.
All I know is anyone wanting to let their body come into contact with the spent bathwater of any person they don't know is probably only still alive now because they didn't have internet access back when people were eating tide pods.
