And like this disease, Syphillis was initially terrifying, with flesh falling off of victims' faces, before the disease "decided" that it was better to let its

And like this disease, Syphillis was initially terrifying, with flesh falling off of victims' faces, before the disease "decided" that it was better to let its victims live with genital sores rather than die horrific deaths. For the disease, it could infect more people on a longer-living host.