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By 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 everybod

By 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 ago
  You 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 ago
    Do we know yet how much of long covid cases are psychosomatic? Only women seem to get it...