Originally Posted by Robbie

The STD word is what freaks people out (me too, I can't help it) when in reality it's not that big a deal in comparison with other afflictions.

And people with herpes don't necessarily have to take Valtrex all their lives. The herpes outbreaks only occur with frequency in the beginning. After a year or so they rarely happen if at all. It just becomes another dormant virus in a person's system and not even contagious at that point.

Sexually transmitted diseases just scare the living shit out of most of us. I don't know why. It's just a primeval instinct I guess. Maybe even something ingrained in to us biologically since catching the clap was a death sentence until we came up with antibiotics. So maybe it's some kind of survival instinct that kicks in subconsciously in our heads and makes anything STD related put on "defcon 5" when it really doesn't belong there. Especially when compared with REALLY bad shit that can happen to you.