People who use standard treatment options for HIV lead normal lives. This is a kid throwing a tantrum because he doesn't want to eat his vegetables. Maybe I can't really understand why he's throwing his tantrum, but I can certainly judge it. What he did wasn't smart, regardless of his emotional state.
You can't fairly compare a deadly chronic disease to "not wanting to eat his vegetables'.
By calling it "his emotional state" you are, again, disregarding the disease and the effects of it on many aspects of his life. It's not his "emotional state" as you call it, it's a chronic deadly and debilitating disease which is afflicting him.
You are being dismissive and disregarding something which you appear to know nothing about. See my comment above. You have no right to pass judgement.
It is not a deadly disease if he follows the standard course of treatment. I'm not comparing HIV to not eating vegetables. I'm comparing his refusal to take antiretroviral drugs to not wanting to eat his vegetables.
Do we have to throw all knowledge out the window and say anything someone with a harsh life does is smart? What about having HIV makes it a good idea to eschew effective treatment for 2 years and then inject untested bullshit?
Sometimes the best advice appears to be dismissive and disregarding and has no right to pass judgement.
The people here recommending non experimental HIV treatment aren't saying so to hurt him. They are saying it because they don't want him to hurt himself needlessly.
