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From: Mark_D.Winton@f8.n289.z1.fidonet.org (Mark_D Winton)
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Subject: HIV vs AIDS question
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I have been reading a lot of mail about AIDS/ARC, HIV, etc...
It seems that it is probably time to get some better understanding of the 
disease process. There is still too much stigma involved, especially in my 
small rural area.
 
From all the conferences and literature it seems that virtually 100% of those 
infected with HIV1 will eventually develop the end stage of the disease, or 
AIDS. The incubation period is over 9 years, so this may lead to some of the 
confusion, but it seems well known now.
 
I teach my students, nurses, physicians about a spectrum of illness, and liken 
the virus to infection with a Herpes virus, like chickenpox...once the virus 
is in your system, it is there for good. It does no good to discriminate 
against AIDS syndrome, or to worry about the source of acquisition at that 
point.
 
I'm hoping to get a feel as to why folks will seperate the two terms as if 
they are mutually exclusive, and HIV does not have the same stigma as AIDS????
 
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