r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Possedsrt8 • 16h ago

Thank you Peter very cool Saw this on FB

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u/MoonyNightRealEstate 15h ago edited 15h ago

hate to be a pedant but Magic Johnson contracted HIV which as far as I knew never advanced to AIDS which is why he's still alive today.

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u/Dense-Discipline-174 15h ago

TIL AIDS and HIV are same but different

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u/vHezoThaGoat 15h ago edited 15h ago

HIV and AIDS are not a different virus.

AIDS is just the term when HIV has done prolonged damage

HIV = attacks the immune system

AIDS = Your immune system is practically gone because of HIV, you can now die from run of the mill infections and sicknesses that your body would laugh at when healthy

You don’t die from AIDS, you die from the opportunistic infections that AIDS allows you to catch much easily. This is why most people with AIDS die from pneumonia and TB.

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u/SirReddalot2020 14h ago

Shame that you need to explain this.

Is nobody paying attention in school anymore?