[skj]

> Right now HIV infections are basically a minor nuisance, provided you're taking the appropriate medication

Even with your caveat, the fact that more than 1 million people died from HIV in 2015 is probably a good signal to not use the term "minor nuisance".

https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/statistics.html

[ShannonAlther]

People who don't have access to truvada definitely aren't going to be getting cutting-edge gene therapy any time soon. And how many people died of type I diabetes in 2015?

[skj]

That's another condition I'd probably not call a "minor nuicance".

[StavrosK]

* In the developed world.

Sucks for the developing world, hopefully we can cure it once and for all.

[John23832]

> Even with your caveat, the fact that more than 1 million people died from HIV in 2015

Idk where you got that number from... From the article you linked, "In the United States, 6,721 people died from HIV and AIDS in 2014". That's out of "An estimated 1.2 million people in the United States were living with HIV at the end of 2013". Since 1/8 people infected with HIV don't know it (and subsequently probably develop full on AIDS and complications), it's fair to say that most of the deaths are due to lack of treatment.

Edit: I see you were talking about worldwide, but that's still out of 36 million people living with HIV in the world.