- Can a disease overcome a person for a while, and then the person overcome the disease?
If a disease overcomes a person, they are dead. If a person overcomes a disease, the disease (for that person) is "dead".
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If a disease overcomes a person, they are dead.
If a person overcomes a disease, the disease (for that person) is "dead".