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jqbr t1_iv28ide wrote

AIDS is a disease; HIV is the cause. Similarly, COVID-19 is a disease and SARS-CoV-2 is the cause. COVID-19 is obviously not a symptom; coughing etc. are. For AIDS, weight loss and night sweats are among the symptoms.

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runthereszombies t1_iv4b5mt wrote

You can have HIV without having AIDS, and you can have fever and night sweats without having AIDS. One of the initial presentations of HIV infection is flu like symptoms. Those people don't have AIDS, they have very early stage HIV infection.

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