Believe it or not, sexually transmitted diseases were not much of a concern from the sexual revolution of the 1960s until the arrival of herpes, or at least the

Believe it or not, sexually transmitted diseases were not much of a concern from the sexual revolution of the 1960s until the arrival of herpes, or at least the re-branding of herpes as a very bad thing. [1] So everyone was afraid of the herps, an untreatable condition. Then AIDS came along! [1] https://slate.com/technology/2019/12/genital-herpes-stigma-history-explained.html https://slate.com/technology/2019/12/genital-herpes-stigma-h...