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X man's avatar

So are you replacing AIDS with CMV what is the difference between the two?

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Paul Franks's avatar

So, AIDS is the syndrome, constellation, of diseases associated with the collapse, or, more accurately, the burn out, of the immune system, in highly sexually active male gays, IVDU's and hemophiliacs.

The CDC believed AIDS was a new condition caused by a new virus, called, in 1986, HIV. Other people believed AIDS was an old condition in a new demographic caused by immune system overload. I am in the latter camp but I also believe a virus called CMV played a major part in the collapse of the immune system and also took advantage of that collapse too.

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R!CKYRANTS's avatar

I like the correlation you've found, but we still need a cause. Detecting genetic material, naming it a virus and attaching blame isn't the whole answer. There still had to be some kind of poisoning and/or bioweapon.

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