Oh jeez, herpetologist. Dad Joke Tier achieved.
Echoing the fact that Herpes Simplex 1 is incredibly common, and pretty benign. Many people are asymptomatic carriers, or are just unaware they have it, but the majority of humans are infected one way or another. This is partially because parents are likely to pass it on to their kids through normal parenting. Not long ago, I discovered that I "inherited" it, as did my sibs. I lucked out, and only get a single sore way back behind where my gums meet, and it's been dormant and non-contagious for most of my life, excepting when my immune system is really compromised. Learning that did stress me out, but at least I've not likely exposed anyone to it, and it's not a particular health concern.
As for the social side, the Chicken Pox virus causes a form of Herpes too (H. Zoster), and are similarly never "gone" once you've been infected. I'm guessing the reason there's no stigma there too is because we don't associate Chicken Pox with sex and intimacy. Hell, some parents (like mine 9_9) intentionally infected their kids with Chicken Pox at Pox Parties, due to mistakenly thinking they were protecting them from getting Shingles later in life.
In any case, we'll probably be able to affordably treat the serious retroviruses once current gene therapy tech matures and lets us target the dormant viral RNA. Once it's cheap enough, maybe even non-serious ones like HS1 can be treated too.
EDIT: After a fact-check, it looks like HS1 isn't a retrovirus. It dodges the immune-system by staying dormant in nerve cells, which complicates potential future treatment options a bit.