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Originally Posted by sammyboyfor
Doc it is no longer a death sentence. With the facts before them the diagnosis could be made far less traumatic.
Is HIV any worse than Hep B, Hep C, Diabetes etc in terms of outcome. Could the trauma be caused more by the stigma than the actual disease?
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HIV is not any worse then any other terminal diseases, the only difference, society has branded it as a disease of shame, you don't get to die as a morally upright man. Compare a man that caught AIDS and another SARS, who will garner the sympathy votes? What defines us in life is the legacy we leave behind after death. All of us know the disease itself does not kill but it simply destory your immunity till you die of some form of illness. But will the day ever come where society accepts HIV as just any other diseases like cancer that is terminal (granted there are cases of recovery)?