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Every time someone says the 90s were better than today I remind them that, back then, HIV was a death sentence. You got it, you were dead--that simple. The fact
by pcwalton 4y ago
Every time someone says the 90s were better than today I remind them that, back then, HIV was a death sentence. You got it, you were dead--that simple. The fact that we made it into a manageable chronic condition is an astonishing triumph of modern medicine.
- Arete314159 4y agoBy the 90's, though, everybody knew how it was spread, and it was pretty simple to choose to use condoms or abstain from sex, and not use IV drugs. Did everybody do so? No. But we had HIV-based sex ed in school and you knew what was up. Compare that to now, where Covid can destroy your life and you can get it just going to the grocery store...it's much worse.
- pcwalton 4y ago> Compare that to now, where Covid can destroy your life and you can get it just going to the grocery store...it's much worse. The chance of dying from COVID is 4/100,000 if you're 80 years old and fully vaccinated [1]. HIV, by contrast, was a death sentence regardless of age. Before COVID vaccines were available, sure, you could compare the pandemics; nowadays, the two situations are not comparable. [1]: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/data-review/vaccines.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/data-revie...
- voxic11 4y agoYou don't need to die for covid to destroy your life https://www.cpr.org/2023/02/03/colorado-long-covid-report/ https://www.cpr.org/2023/02/03/colorado-long-covid-report/
- TurkishPoptart 4y agoDo we know yet how much of long covid cases are psychosomatic? Only women seem to get it...
- hotpotamus 4y agoAt the beginning of the 90's it was, and at the end of the 90's you could expect to live a normal lifespan with treatment. Magic Johnson comes to mind - just looked it up and he announced he had it in 1991 and is still among us today.