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Think your Monday sucks?
According to ABC 7, a high school senior in California says the herpes lesions covering the majority of his face are the result of dirty wrestling mats at a San Jose high school.
High school senior says he got herpes virus from wrestling mats, now he wants state tourney postponed. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/trHTqMQR9H
— Tiffany Wilson (@TWilsonTV) March 3, 2016
Blake Flovin thinks he contracted the herpes virus during a wrestling tournament at Independence High School last month, and he fears that he may have passed it on to other wrestlers during recent practices.
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Flovin has since been diagnosed with herpes gladiatorum, an infection that will remain in his body for the rest of his life and potentially flare up at anytime. Yet his main concern lies with his fellow wrestlers, and in a move that demonstrates maturity beyond his years, he called for the state tournament to be postponed until the threat of transmitting the virus was over.
His plea fell on deaf ears, as the California Interscholastic Federation went through with the tournament over the weekend anyway. Only time will tell if other wrestlers suffered the same fate as Flovin, who we hope correctly matches five balls and the Powerball next week to even out this karma game a tad.
