Perhaps if we spent some effort to fight these microbes, rather than making football players run around in PINK, we might make some progress.
But microbes do not have a political constituency, so virtually nothing is getting done.
You are wrong. the Poofter Constituency has been swapping STDs until your average Hep C or Clap microbe is renting their own apartments, and getting a job as a graphics designer, or applying for unemployment...