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by Hypx_ 1667 days ago
That’s not actually true. Many AIDS patients will die of cancer due to a lack of immune system suppressing those common occurring cancers.
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m00x 1667 days ago
Cancer is an additional disease, and not caused by AIDS itself.

It could happen regardless of external factors, so I guess my "vacuum" analogy wasn't perfect. All I mean is that HIV/AIDS itself doesn't kill you by itself.

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Hypx_ 1667 days ago
Not quite. The body would natural develop several types of cancer without an immune system to suppress them. People with AIDS will have short lives even without exposure to any external diseases.
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