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> If Covid were an STD there would be huge social pressure on HIV/AIDS was that. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/
by wombatmobile 6y ago
> If Covid were an STD there would be huge social pressure on
HIV/AIDS was that.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS
- quantified 6y agoSimilar in some ways, but also very different. HIV/AIDS had a much higher mortality. Covid-19 is interesting in that it's on the margin for death rates, and its long-term health effects are more varied and subtle than those for, say, polio.