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To: <1/1,000,000th%
And for some mysterious reason, people with clinical AIDS always have the HIV virus in their bloodstream

#1, "AIDS" is defined this way, at least in this country. So it is tautological to say "people with AIDS have HIV in their bloodstream."

#2, correlation is not causation.

SD

96 posted on 05/04/2005 1:09:50 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave
#1, "AIDS" is defined this way, at least in this country. So it is tautological to say "people with AIDS have HIV in their bloodstream."

You are very correct ! Dave.

B'Shem Y'shua
chuck

97 posted on 05/04/2005 2:25:18 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Y'shua <==> YHvH is my Salvation (Psalm 118-14))
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To: SoothingDave
#1, "AIDS" is defined this way, at least in this country. So it is tautological to say "people with AIDS have HIV in their bloodstream."

It's not "defined this way", but as long as you're not having unprotected anal sex, it doesn't matter what you think because your risk of getting it is essentially zero.

122 posted on 05/04/2005 10:01:10 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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