2006-10-12 04:36:33 · 14 answers · asked by janishasxy 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
That's a very good question. There are some people who believe that HIV and Aids are linked but not a result of the first. HIV is the virus that infects yous immune system cells and causes immune system failure and ultimately AIDS in some definitions. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AIDS happens and is defined in the states as when your CD4 T cells of yous immune system drop below 200 cells per cubic mm then you have AIDS. There is no reference to the HIV virus. However in CANADA AIDS is defined as being infected with one or more opportunistic infections out of 25 established that normally do not infect healthy immune systems and you also have antibodies in your blood to the HIV virus then you are said to have AIDS. Some say the you don't need to have HIV to have AIDS. But HIV may result in AIDS. Do you understand?
2006-10-20 03:24:01 · answer #1 · answered by Stevo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like there are numbskulls that believe the holocost never existed either, there are those that believe AIDS doesn't either. Maybe we should load them in a bus and take them to a hospital and show them the patients with AIDS, that might help. But, I doubt it.
2006-10-12 04:46:16 · answer #2 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe it exists because I lost someone I loved to AIDS (My Uncle)
2006-10-12 04:46:03 · answer #3 · answered by Leah nora 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone really does believe in AIDS, i think its just that they are so scared of it that they act as its not there.
2006-10-12 04:44:49 · answer #4 · answered by Meme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uneducated is the word. They can understand that it can happen to them & this is why the disease is spreading. Young people who do not get the message are dying so young. Wake up dudes & live long lives. Life is truly good.
2006-10-17 08:02:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
who are the people who don't think aids does not exist? never heard anyone say it doesn't exist. i mean gee in school we learned all about it in health class. it does exist
2006-10-12 04:41:34 · answer #6 · answered by Jenn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For the same reason a racoon will stand in the middle of the road and "hiss" at a speeding oncoming car thinking it will go away.
They're ignorance places them in denial until it hits them.
2006-10-12 04:40:42 · answer #7 · answered by Robert 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
who ever said aids didint exist
2006-10-12 04:54:41 · answer #8 · answered by Gypsy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reference provides an overview...
2006-10-13 17:45:13 · answer #9 · answered by avocaronico 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's so prevalent in parts of africa where perversely it's more prevalent than in many other parts of the world - and the carribean as well...
i think it's just ignorance & lack of education & natural cultural stubborness
2006-10-12 04:39:11 · answer #10 · answered by Can I Be Your Pet? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋