Yeah that is what I meant... but genital herpes on the other hand....first of all there are many more people with it (in U.S. at least), then the probability of transmission from a positive individual to a negative one is higher for unprotected sex, especially oral sex, so the chances of getting it are much greater I would think. Both are to be feared, perhaps AIDS should be the most feared. It is the recognized pandemic, and people seem to just brush herpes off like a common cold in comparison. If I got full-blown AIDS and I was in bad condition I would probably just let myself die. There are plenty of AIDS individuals nowadays who, with a pile of prescription medication, live long lives, but then there are those who don't fare so well, so again, some people get lucky, some don't. The same applies to herpes. Don't ever let your guard down just because the numbers are in your favor. You could be one of the unlucky ones, one of the 10% that has symptoms... that's the way I look at it. Have fun and live your life, but damnit, don't put yourself at risk by having unprotected sex with every slu-t that moves.
As far as the worst disease, I don't know, but over there in Africa, they have had some horrible and nasty epidemics. One that comes to mind is Ebola (or is it Eboli?). Anyway, that one I believe takes you out in under a month, during which time you basically vomit yourself to death. You suffer a slow and agonizing death. It is possibly the most gruesome death one can suffer from disease. I forget what exactly happens (more than vomiting obviously) but it is sick and utterly horrifying, look it up. AIDS has nothing on this one. Malaria I think can also be quite horrible. Smallpox (vaccine available), Anthrax, SARS, and other terroristic weapons... those are your deadly variety. Then of course there are all sorts of rare diseases and conditions (some genetic) that one can have.... oh what a lovely world we live in. But out of them all, I would opt out of Ebola, AIDS after that.
