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I was about to reply: because no one ever recovers from HIV infection. Then I realised it isn't true. People being treated for HIV are not contagious, so they

I was about to reply: because no one ever recovers from HIV infection. Then I realised it isn't true. People being treated for HIV are not contagious, so they "recover" in the epidemiological sense the moment they start treatment. The only way that can happen is if a lot of people have HIV but don't know it.

est31 6y ago
> in the epidemiological sense the moment they start treatment It usually takes weeks to months from treatment start until your copy number becomes non-contagious. https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/10-things-know-about-hiv-suppression https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/10-things-know...