What would people do if HIV became airborne?
If you can catch the disease easier from a breath? Would it get a higher priority?
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Die, probably.
Although this is sort of a “what if” question that hasn’t happened in 30 years, so it’s unlikely to morph right now.
It has a pretty high priority now. It’s treatable, and truvada has made it just about preventable.
More people die from the flu every year than from HIV. But so many people don’t do anything to keep them sleeves from getting it.
I might be mistaken, but I believe (at least if I recall correctly) that the HIV virus is pretty delicate and dies within a few moments of being exposed to open air.
A lot more people would be on HIV medication and, yeah, maybe it would make HIV/AIDS research a higher priority. It would also cause a panic, but since HIV is no longer the death sentence it once was, I think “die” is a highly dramatic/inaccurate answer.
@Darth_Algar This is a “what if” question. He’s not suggesting that it would actually happen.
Members of the mile high club would dwindle significantly.
Based on the public reaction to SARS, swine flu, Ebola, and other highly contagious epidemics in recent years, probably freak the f**k out, then hide in a cupboard waiting for other people to fix it.
@FireMadeFlesh But then when told how to avoid it, shrug their shoulders and say, “too much hassle.”
@zenvelo That’s it. And no one would volunteer or donate to the region where the epidemic was first reported either.
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