12 August

I'm not sure how well known it is that when you get an infectious disease, the symptoms you feel aren't caused by the disease. They're caused by your own immue system. The celebration that people have of getting a 'mild' case of Covid for example can be misguided, it may mean your immune system just let the virus in, without fighting it much. This research showed it. People with HIV of course have very weak immune systems. What sort of Covid response do they get? Very mild. Covid is a total bastard, forcing our bodies to put out a welcome mat so that it can invade, and nobody cares because they only felt 'mildly' ill. People who get HIV also tend to only feel mildly ill. Until they're dead 8-10 years later, if they don't get drugs. There are no similar drugs for Covid.