CORONAVIRUS AND PRE-EXISTING INFECTIONS

I am not an expert but only seeking to put the pieces together as viewed in the media. We are told that almost 3000 people have died of Coronavirus in China. 

Only very few have died in the world at large though many have been infected but recovered.

Those infected but recovered have been saved by a strong and normal immune system. 

But in China there will be many people whose immune systems have been compromised by SARS, MERS and swine fever. The doctor who died may have been in that category.

These infections did not reach out to the world at large which meant that immune systems remained strong and Coronavirus did not kill.

The one deadly virus across the world is HIV/AIDS which attacks and weakens the immune system to death. It probably opens the way to death by Coronavirus if the person is infected.

People infected may take ART medication that probably brings the immune system almost back to normal.

It may be that they are protected from Coronavirus. It is not the ART that protects but the strengthened immune system. The immune system of the HIV sufferer on ART medication may be strong enough. Maybe not.

But it may explain why many Chinese people have died and many people overseas have recovered. People who are not HIV positive may have strong immune systems anyway.

Read the report in the blog below on the Coronavirus and ART medication. I hope it is accurate. We can never tell these days. Please click:

Attention HIV-Positive Smokers: This Article Could Save Your ...
https://www.poz.com/article/attention-hivpositive-smokers-article-save-life4 Apr 2018 ... Aside from taking antiretrovirals, quitting smoking 
is the number one way people with HIV can lower their risk of 
illness and death.