eli5: Why did we go from calling sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?
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The main reason is that people are dumb, so it’s better to have an STI then an STD, cause of this thing called stigma, because a disease is worse then an infection. from a linguistic standpoint, it’s like the difference between HIV and AIDS.
If you want the practical difference, infection is the start, disease is what the infection causes.
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