My Note to GSK
Posted on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 11:56 AMDear Glaxo Smith Kline,
I’ve been meaning to give you some feedback for quite some time and a member that joined our group today has motivated me to take some time to contact you.
I feel, as one of the largest and most respected drug manufacturers, you have a tremendous opportunity to educate the public but you seem to be avoiding the topic in your advertisements. I am one of the moderators of a worldwide support group for those with HSV (herpes simplex virus) and we have seen a disturbing rise in members joining that have HSV1 genitally and contracted it from someone through oral sex when the person honestly believed that it was ‘just a cold sore’.
It would be so awesome if just one company (you?) would have the nerve to identify cold sores / fever blisters as being herpes especially since up to 80% of the population has it and it CAN be transmitted to someone’s genitals.
I just wanted to give you my feedback and, hopefully, you’re listening.
Thank you! – Jennifer
I believe GSK sent back some sort of automated response. So… we decided to go ahead and post this letter via the blog just in case someone high up would see it here. Thanks!
