In Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban, there is a character (Remus Lupin) who
is a werewolf. When he was young, he was bitten by one and ever
since, he transforms into a monster on the full moon.
Later in Harry Potter and the
Order of the Phoenix, one man at the hospital was bitten by
a werewolf and couldn't be cured.
This set me thinking. Lycanthropy in the wizard world is like HIV
in our world. Both are incurable and a burden to the sufferer.
Receiving a bite from the werewolf is like receiving HIV-tainted
blood by mistake. There is no way to rectify it.
What do you guys think?