They always could be ignored. I'm astonished at how everyone around me forgot all common sense and uncritically embraced a platitude that's quite absurd on its face: where's the less lethal HIV? Where's the less lethal smallpox and measles, the less lethal polio? The safe number of cases for those viral diseases was deemed to be zero and in a time before all institutions had been neutered by neoliberalism they turned from endemic to eradicated in a coordinated international effort.
I think there's evidence HIV is becoming less deadly, but only slightly. I've said this before but we're looking at decades timescales for any real drop in severity.
They always could be ignored. I'm astonished at how everyone around me forgot all common sense and uncritically embraced a platitude that's quite absurd on its face: where's the less lethal HIV? Where's the less lethal smallpox and measles, the less lethal polio? The safe number of cases for those viral diseases was deemed to be zero and in a time before all institutions had been neutered by neoliberalism they turned from endemic to eradicated in a coordinated international effort.
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You see, they were right after all. Only 0.5% paralysed people. Mild, if you ask me :biden-troll:.
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I think there's evidence HIV is becoming less deadly, but only slightly. I've said this before but we're looking at decades timescales for any real drop in severity.