[G Larry]

Funny that Herpes seemed to have got its start in SE Asia during Nam.

First noted as “incurable VD”, among GIs.

[Calvin Locke]

And the R&R in Thailand helped to spread it, I take it?

Have a relative that was an airman in Thailand at the time. He tried to pet a mongoose, and had to get prophylactic rabies shots because it bit him.

[CGASMIA68]

Maybe yours but it goes a lot farther back in time

[Amberdawn]

I read that SE Asia is infamous for the overuse of antibiotics , which leads to drug resistant strains.