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jSA · 1w
Sure, but then one would expect the symptoms to be heterogeneous within different demographics, and not, for example, all the gays from the 1980s to all get Karposi sacoma.
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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 everyone gets cryptococcal meningitis, for example. Within the same demographic, seroprevalence of CMV isn't 100%, so only some will have reactivation in advanced HIV.

Also you can actually predict which OIs are possible depending on CD4 count, e.g. you only get disseminated MAC at very low counts.
Implausible Deniability · 1w
Im looking into it, i dont believe it but theres some interesting thoughts and connections.
Sovereign Being · 1w
Framing this is 'HIV denialism' is no different than framing questioning the events surrounding the holocaust as 'holocaust denialism'.
jSA · 1w
HIV/AIDS is still a problem in Africa today (allegedly). There are definitely well developed parts in Africa right now. I haven't checked the statistics, but I bet that the malnourished people are ove...
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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 malnourished because they're so beset by opportunistic infections.
jSA · 1w
Agreed. Neither from HIV. Malnutrition is the cause for a weakened immune system, so would HIV/AIDS be (alledgedly), making one more vulnerable to any disease. If HIV/AIDS is the real culprit, you would not expect malnourished people to be overrepresented within the deceased due to HIV/AIDS, but rat...
jSA · 1w
How would you explain the homogenous symptoms in different demographic groups that can vary wildly per group?
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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 someone in Botswana wouldn't, and the person in Botswana would be more likely to have TB.
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jSA · 1w
Sure, but then one would expect the symptoms to be heterogeneous within different demographics, and not, for example, all the gays from the 1980s to all get Karposi sacoma.
jSA · 1w
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...
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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 indisputable.
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jSA · 1w
How would you explain the homogenous symptoms in different demographic groups that can vary wildly per group?
ethfi · 2w
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