The compromised immune systems of 10 million untreated/undertreated people with HIV are providing fertile ground for COVID-19 to mutate. It’s been shown the COVID-19 virus may fail to clear from their systems for weeks to months, allowing time for the virus to replicate and mutate. In one individual with undertreated HIV and COVID, who was only discovered as she was part of a study, although the COVID symptoms cleared in eight days, the virus remained in her system for over seven months, leading to 32 genetic mutations. As the spread of omicron continues, wealthy nations want to isolate poorer countries where HIV rates are high. The WHO argues this policy is not just immoral…
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