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Originally Posted by Barefoot
HIV and AIDS are not curable, but they can be held in check. Antiretroviral medication prevents the virus from multiplying in the body.
Antiretroviral therapy consists of three or more drugs that the patient has to take for the rest of their lives.
Such treatment has reduced the death rate from HIV by around 80 percent.
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Yes, but we depend on the good will of those who have it not to spread it. If someone decides to spread it, it can make another person's life miserable. They might not know they have it for a long time and then they might spread it too. 473,000 people in the U.S. now have HIV/AIDS, according to online statistics. Medicine or no medicine, I don't think it's a very nice thing to have. And the medicine may not be inexpensive.