For people who get the HIV virus and don't take anti-viral drugs, 50% will die within 10 years. So a person can know someone who has HIV, and not see the effects of the virus for one, two, five, ten or more years, depending on where in the range they are.
The reason it can take so long is that the virus itself doesn't really cause any noticeable symptoms, without testing the blood. It replicates within and kills T-cells, cells within the blood that recognize viruses, bacteria and other threats and trigger the immune system to respond.
The symptoms appear when a large enough percentage of T-cells are killed so that there are not enough to defend the body against pathogens. So people eventually get sick from secondary diseases because their body can't fight them off.
Like I said, do you really believe that every single person in the world who has studied and seen the virus has some secret agreement with Babylon and are part of a plan to make some mental trick on people to make them think they have a virus that doesn't exist?
Instead of pondering about things you have no knowledge of, especially with issues that are potentially serious. First gain whatever knowledge the I can find from various viewpoints. Whenever possible, verify the information. When people hear about studies that claim this or that, they should make sure the study is valid before choosing to believe it. If they actually look at the variables of the study and peer review and criticism, with the knowledge of what factors make a study statistically relevant, they will be able to separate useful from useless studies.
After gaining knowledge and verifying claims, if there are still too many holes to make a firm Iverstanding based on the knowledge gained, then use logic and Iverstanding to make your own assumptions about the holes, and possibly also Reason with others. If in the future, new knowledge is gained, check if it supports or conflicts with your Iverstanding and go through the process of the previous paragraph so the I can decide to keep our change your Iverstanding.
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