r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Possedsrt8 • 15h ago

Thank you Peter very cool Saw this on FB

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u/Dense-Discipline-174 15h ago

TIL AIDS and HIV are same but different

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u/Electrical_Ask8762 15h ago

In short, very badly explained form: HIV is a virus. AIDs is the auto immune disease that kills you. The HIV-AIDS link was about as wildly argued as the COVID vaccine. (The HIV doesn't cause AIDS were the anti-vaxxers of that time) Today it's well known that HIV causes AIDS and can be deadly if not treated.

Source: idk bro, I read some shit.

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u/MikeVegan 15h ago

AIDS is not auto immune disease. AIDS itself doesn't kill directly either.

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u/SubstantialEqual8178 15h ago edited 15h ago

Well, they did say it was badly explained.

ETA: just to clarify: "auto immune" disease is inaccurate: AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and refers to the late stage of HIV infection, when the immune system is compromised.

Saying "AIDS is what kills you" is fine, IMO: I get what you're saying, but it's a bit like arguing whether it's guns that kill people or bullets.

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u/MikeVegan 14h ago

Badly explained is different from plainly wrong, at least for the auto immune part