Just when you thought the virus couldn’t be any worse.
Well, it used to speed up the body’s aging process by “Sorry buddy, with HIV you have a couple of years at most. Then you die of AIDS”.
I’m sure most people with HIV nowadays would happily take the five years of aging.
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Not uncommon with chronic diseases. And like the previous post says, better think of it that way, it is a manageable chronic condition nowadays, instead of a death sentence.
For reference, Rheumatoid Arthritis can shave off up to a decade, and that’s your own body attacking itself, which is sort of insulting on top of sad and painful.
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Hmmm…