“What a complete horror show. God help us all.”
Genesis 19, verse 12. “Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city—take them out of this place! 13For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”
Genesis 19, verses 24 & 25. “Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens. 25So He [e]overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.”
Genesis 19:12 makes me think that is the explanation why HIV infection causes accelerated aging of 14 years, even when treated with antiretrovirals. I presume HIV infected die 14 years early, or around 60. To look up FR articles on this, check FR keywords hivaging or hivacceleratedaging.