geauxtohell
Choose your weapon.
People have been infected with LOTS of diseases and not gotten sick. Remember Typhoid Mary? She was infected and immune, and managed to get plenty of people ill.
And note the times article says "AIDS like" disease, and is FROM 1992 YOU DUMB FUCK. Other things can cause Immune system depression, not just HIV.
Again, Take the HIV challenge. If you are so sure that it doesnt cause AIDS, get some in your system.
You really are a dumbass, arent you.
Ironically, the article I linked leads in with a physician who did just that.
Of course, the odds of getting HIV from a needle stick are about .3% so.............
And yet THAT was a major bullhorn for your HIV=AIDS patrons, genius. And your article is all supposition but no concrete results....and results equal PROOF. See my explanation to your moronic compadre below, as I grow tired of repeating myself to programed parrots.
But what else can one expect from a person who proudly admits his willful ignorance such as Geauxtohell? Carry on.
AIDS is simply the immunodeficient state the bodies reaches when the CD4 count falls below 200 and the body is at risk for opportunistic infection.
It's not some separate, mystical pathological process. It's just a state of extreme immunosuppression. Other pathologies (and drugs) can cause immunosuppression. The HIV virus is known to infect CD4 cells to replicate itself and lyse the cells. The cellular process is highly replicated to the point that we known people who have certain mutations for certain cell receptors are immune to HIV.
So, no, HIV doesn't equal AIDS. You can rant and rave all you want. It's not going to change the medical science behind the matter. Nor is it going to change my mind or the mind of the rest of the community. So by all means, parrot Duesburg until you are blue in the face. It's not going to change anything.