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Somewhere on the order of 1-to-10% of people have an innate resistance to HIV. HIV, untreated, is very deadly, but not nearly as deadly as rabies.
by wearywanderer 5y ago
Somewhere on the order of 1-to-10% of people have an innate resistance to HIV. HIV, untreated, is very deadly, but not nearly as deadly as rabies.
- giantg2 5y agoResistance isn't immunity. It's possible there are some people with innate 'resistance' to rabies. "HIV, untreated, is very deadly, but not nearly as deadly as rabies." You might want to look up the definition of deadly. They both lead to death at a high rate - HIV at 100% eventual fatality and 99.9+% for symptomatic rabies. Again, pre and post exposure treatments for rabies are much more effective than for HIV. HIV has a higher fatality rate and less effective pre and post exposure curative treatment. It's pretty easy to compare 100% to 99.9% and know which one is bigger.
- wearywanderer 5y ago> HIV at 100% eventual fatality You are simply wrong about that. Even without any treatment at all, you are wrong about that. I'm getting the sense that HIV being the worst possible is some matter of ideology to you, as though you think rabies being worse somehow diminishes the importance of addressing HIV. I suggest you go read the wikipedia page for both of these viruses with an impartial attitude.
- giantg2 5y agoHaha ok https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27254748/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27254748/