I wrote a fiction book, Heaven Help Me Talk To Strangers, ISBN
1-60441-336-0, published by Publish America LLLP, that is available in most
major online bookstores and their satellite stores.
The major story line is the existence of sexually transmitted diseases and
the questions that people have concerning their existence and how they
relate to everyday life.  The dichotomy that exists between those that do
certain unsafe things and those that don't and still aren't infected is a
point that probably causes more people to question why the disease exists,
and probably explains better than anything why people don't listen to their
physicians when it comes to STD's in general.
The book is an attempt to open a deeper dialogue, maybe a means to cause
"science" to think so that it can answer the questions that really have to
be answered.  The book also tries to address why long term diseases that
were treated in the past to a degree suddenly have new strains today.
I hope this leads to people reading and buying the book, but I hope the
dialogue that ensues on this topic outweighs any negativity surrounding this
post, and any other unliked views they may have.