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What happens if you have aids, will something as little as a cold kill you?
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No: hypothetical question, if you have AIDS and live in the US, you probably are under treatment, it is not a death sentence anymore, many patients are well controlled and live normal lives and mainstreamed in the society
Answered 7/20/2015
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