I feel badly for those who have this, but its a mostly preventable disease. The method to prevent it has been well known for decades, namely keep your baguette in your pants.
When I hear about someone contracting the disease I feel about as sorry for him as I do a skydiver who had parachute problems.
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Correction - nowadays is it virtually a completely preventable disease. No one is so stupid anymore to not know how it is transmitted. You get it by actively trying to acquire it.