True, but there's some promising anti-viral treatments that are currently in trials.  Looking at the progress that's been made in the past 20 years, it wouldn't surprise me if in another 20 years HIV is a cureable disease,  kind of like a bunch of the other STDs. Diabetes is usually (not always) an indication of a seldom cured destructive lifestyle.  The stigma on AIDS should really be applied to the beetus instead.