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According to the OED[0], "treatable" is a boolean that means "able to be cured". "Very" is superfluous here - something is able to be cured or not, I'm not sure
by dfxm12 8y ago
According to the OED[0], "treatable" is a boolean that means "able to be cured". "Very" is superfluous here - something is able to be cured or not, I'm not sure what room there is for degree. As far as I know, there is no cure for HIV (but I'd be happy to learn otherwise).
So unless "very treatable" is medical jargon with a different meaning from the how the laity use it, calling HIV "very treatable" does seem to be a stretch.
0 - https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/treatable https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/treatable
- dajohnson89 8y agoIn the medical world, treatable is very different from curable. Chlamydia is a curable bacteria infection (antibiotics). There is no known cure for HIV.