I don’t think you’re thinking of it in the proper order. Most of the things you’re describing are complications of a weakened immune system caused by AIDS.
The AIDS doesn’t just happen to be present at the time they died of pneumonia or something similar.
Also, what I’ve noticed, is that when someone dies of complications from AIDS, the death cause is often listed as the complication without the mention of AIDS which in reality is the cause.
Generally. This is one of the things they explain to you in your first hour as an intern.
You are confused. Spell out the acrostic “AIDS”‘ and you will see that it is not a disease. AIDS kills no one.
Just like WuFlu the prevalence of HIV is unknown. For HIV it is because only gays are routinely tested. Even then the diagnosis of AIDS must follow this formula:
HIV + One or More of 27 Illnesses or Conditions.
Yes, if you’re in your twenties or thirties and dying of pneumonia, it’s likely that something has severely weakened your immune system. It wasn’t phony statistics that made AIDS such a big issue.