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HIV and coronaviruses are completely different and can't be compared. HIV is clinically a mild virus and doesn't cause any severe symptoms by itself. It is onl
by m00x 5y ago
HIV and coronaviruses are completely different and can't be compared.
HIV is clinically a mild virus and doesn't cause any severe symptoms by itself. It is only when HIV becomes AIDS that it is dangerous, but then again, the symptoms are not caused by HIV/AIDS itself, but by the lack of immune cells caused by AIDS. You could have HIV forever and not even notice it if you were in a vacuum as you say :)
We can't know how severe Omicron will be, but let's hope it just becomes a cold. As OP said, the most enduring parasites (viruses are categorically parasites), are the ones that don't kill their hosts. This is not only true for viruses, but all kinds of parasites.
- Hypx_ 5y agoThat’s not actually true. Many AIDS patients will die of cancer due to a lack of immune system suppressing those common occurring cancers.
- m00x 5y agoCancer is an additional disease, and not caused by AIDS itself. It could happen regardless of external factors, so I guess my "vacuum" analogy wasn't perfect. All I mean is that HIV/AIDS itself doesn't kill you by itself.
- Hypx_ 5y agoNot quite. The body would natural develop several types of cancer without an immune system to suppress them. People with AIDS will have short lives even without exposure to any external diseases.