I did not say that this difference made it the wrong policy, merely that it’s something to keep in mind and that you shouldn’t consider the cases of syphilis and AIDS to be entirely analogous.
The differences you highlight are much less than the differences in lethality.
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I did not say that this difference made it the wrong policy, merely that it’s something to keep in mind and that you shouldn’t consider the cases of syphilis and AIDS to be entirely analogous.
The differences you highlight are much less than the differences in lethality.