Data show a significant uptick in lymphatic tuberculosis in 10-18 year olds in the last 4 years, with 2025 being by far the worst. This is usually a disease associated with AIDS, but there’s been no associated uptick in HIV.

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    Yeah I’m with you on this one. I get quite annoyed by downright misinfo being spread.

    Likening covid to aids has been irritating as well not because of “respect” but because it’s hard to make certain decisions. How do we treat infection risk? I wear a mask with everyone because covid is provably airborne, but if you call it like AIDS and then cross that with the musings about viral persistence of covid in the body possibly being a cause of long covid (which is either basically proven or still highly speculative depending on what source I’m reading) this leads to question. Does this mean I shouldn’t have sex with someone who’s got long covid lest I contract it too? I can’t find a straight answer and the pool of people who haven’t had covid shrinks every year anyway, but I’m still in it

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      Does this mean I shouldn’t have sex with someone who’s got long covid lest I contract it too?

      I don’t think anyone has ever tabled an idea like this anywhere, and I don’t feel this hypothetical is a compelling reason to chide people for raising awareness about the COVID-related findings of literal HIV researchers. Nobody will even take you seriously about long covid in the first place. Pick a lane?

    • Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.net
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      Does this mean I shouldn’t have sex with someone who’s got long covid lest I contract it too? I can’t find a straight answer and the pool of people who haven’t had covid shrinks every year anyway, but I’m still in it

      i think the state of new york said to glory hole