| From: | Drekhead <drekhead@***.NET> |
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| Subject: | Re: Orks & goblins |
| Date: | Mon, 21 Jul 1997 22:37:13 +0500 |
> Hmmm... I don't think so. HIV/AIDS just screws your life up and
> generally makes you die early, to put it at its bluntest. (Actually,
> IIRC AIDS just buggers up your immune system so you die from
> something normally harmless - AIDS doesn't even kill you itself. Or
> am I wrong again?)
No, that's correct. It destroys your immune system, so you generally
die from something else.
> HMHVV, on the other hand, changes you into a completely different
> LIFEFORM! HMHVV infected people get really funky powers and
> corresponding weaknesses - since when are AIDS victims (or VITAS
> victims if you want to keep it SRish) able to Essence Drain? :)
>
> VITAS to me is the SR equivalent of AIDS - HMHVV is VERY different.
That is why the different scientific classifications of the infected
species. They ARE a different species. HMHVV actually alters the
whole DNA, and mutates the whole organism, rather than specific cells
like most virii.
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