Danger, Will Robinson (Discussing increased incidences of syphilis in Texas)

Nope. Plus with the current penicillin shortage we’re falling back on doxycycline to try to eradicate it. That means pills daily for a week or more rather than just some bi-buttock bicillin injections

It’s easily treatable IF it gets diagnosed. Since the typical symptoms are painless chancres on the genitals which resolve in a few months (while the spirochetes continue to burrow deeper and deeper into the body), a LOT of folks just ignore those minimal symptoms, if they notice them at all. And if the disease advances to tertiary syphilis and it can be a real bugger to try to cure.