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divnt · 5d
That doesn't mean anything. People with HIV end up with a low CD4 count and then get things like Kaposi's sarcoma. If you treat their HIV then their CD4 count goes up and the Kaposi sarcoma goes away. Kaposi sarcoma is seen in all demographics with advanced HIV. Often people with advanced HIV appear...
Implausible Deniability · 5d
Heres the problem, at that time the statistics were taken the majority of those African populations were malnourished. So affected people would by default be malnourished
divnt · 5d
I'm afraid you're wrong, malnutrition does not drop your CD4 count.
divnt · 5d
What symptoms? You mean the OIs? Why would you? Many are caused by environmental organisms that most people's immune systems keep under control, e.g. everyone is exposed to pneumocystis at various points in their life. And actually the presentation usually does vary, not everyone gets Kaposi's, not...
divnt · 5d
Symptoms vary because they depend on what illnesses you get as a result of your weakened immune system – and even then the presentation can be atypical because most symptoms are caused by the immune system. For example, someone with advanced HIV in Arizona might have coccidioidomycosis whereas som...
Implausible Deniability · 5d
I understand what youre saying but it doesnt make sense in the context of disease and health. Lets break this down, HIV is the virus that weakens the immune system Any invading sickness will then be...
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Well, yes that makes sense if HIV actually weakens the immune system, but I don't think it reflects reality. In almost all cases of AIDS there is another plausible reason fortohe disease. Easy example is Africa: there are people dying (indirectly) of malnourishment, and there are people dying (indirectly) of AIDS. Symptoms are the same, the only difference is the presence of HIV

Implausible Deniability · 5d
So to you the HIV AIDS cases in developed countries isnt accurate either? Well its an interesting theory but for me HIV is real and it does weaken the immune system there's too much evidence to support this.
divnt · 5d
You don't get cryptococcal meningitis or disseminated MAC from malnutrition.
Implausible Deniability · 5d
You might have to explain to me what you mean by this. AIDS is the condition developed from HIV type viruses.
jSA profile picture
My claim is that HIV does not cause AIDS. However, in 100% of AIDS cases HIV is found in the affected individuals, because for it to be called AIDS HIV has to be detected, by definition. All different forms in the spectrum of AIDS would be diagnosed as pneumonia, cancer, etc if HIV would not be found, but the symptoms would be exactly the same

Implausible Deniability · 5d
I understand what youre saying but it doesnt make sense in the context of disease and health. Lets break this down, HIV is the virus that weakens the immune system Any invading sickness will then be the cause of death after the Immune system has detoriated by way of the HIV virus this "process" is...
divnt · 5d
The term "AIDS" is a bit out of fashion, it dates back to before HIV was discovered. Mostly people talk about advanced HIV, where there is a high viral load and low T-cell count. Treating the HIV restores the T-cell count. The link between HIV and failure of the immune system (i.e. AIDS) is indisput...
Implausible Deniability · 5d
You might have to explain to me what you mean by this. AIDS is the condition developed from HIV type viruses.
Kudzai Kutukwa · 1w
It's still a lot when you then consider population numbers