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Do you really think getting HIV is even slightly comparable to having HIV though?

Sure you can catch COVID-19 more easily, but it seems like having HIV is a far worse outcome.

HIV is an incredibly manageable disease these days. The day to day effects are on a similar scale to Diabetes ie take regular medication and watch for specific symptoms that could imply it worsening.

Otherwise there relatively little day to day impact other than the stigma.

I should caveat that I'm referring to countries with a modern and available health system.

But in the early days in the 80s the case was different. Especially I think, in those who contracted it through blood transfusions, the progress of the disease was swift, with toxoplasmosis infection.

And having Ebola is a even worse outcome. But few in developed countries worry about Ebola at all. Why? Because it is not easy for them to catch Ebola at all.

This is a disease with a high spread rate, medium fatality rate. That's far more of a public threat than low spread rate, high fatality rate. Spread rate is far more relevant than death rate, and to top it off someone can be spreading it for weeks with no symptoms.

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