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Originally Posted by mineistaken
Well, it may be not accurate comparison because in his examples about flu - flu makes bad things only if something else is bad in the body. While in Aids example its not the case - it will make bad even if body is/was perfect.
So Aids is always dangerous by itself in "perfect body" while flue is not dangerous by itself in "perfect body".
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Not necessarily true. The 1918 Spanish flu killed mostly previously healthy young adults.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic
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Most influenza outbreaks disproportionately kill juvenile, elderly, or already weakened patients; in contrast the 1918 pandemic killed predominantly previously healthy young adults. Modern research, using virus taken from the bodies of frozen victims, has concluded that the virus kills through a cytokine storm (overreaction of the body's immune system). The strong immune reactions of young adults ravaged the body, whereas the weaker immune systems of children and middle-aged adults resulted in fewer deaths among those groups.[11]
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