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AIDS Virus Now Estimated To Be 100 Years Old
ChazeFroy writes "A new study estimates that the AIDS virus, HIV, started to circulate in the human population between 1884 and 1924, with a more focused estimate at 1908. This is much earlier than the previously-held estimate of 1930. 'The new result is "not a monumental shift, but it means the virus was circulating under our radar even longer than we knew," says Michael Worobey of the University of Arizona, an author of the new work.' The article also speculates that HIV first began to spread in Kinshasa, Congo."
Truly, truly insightful.
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The Apple bumper sticker included with your Apple purchase can also double as an AIDS awareness sticker...
davidwr's disease!
I walked right into that one.
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HIV = Tunguska event?
Haha, look at his comment history.
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1908 also was the last time that the cubs won it all.
Happy 100th birthday, HIV!
Did they make it in Area 51, where the moon landings were staged? It makes sense!
Only one small problem with your theory: How do the Illuminati fit in with this, and what about Kennedy? Until you resolve these two gaps in your theory, I'm afraid I won't be able to give it my full credence.
Ah, but maybe someone perverted enough to have sex with an infected monkey only comes around every 10,000 years or so.
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What diseases that crossed the species barrier in the last 30 years will we be talking about in 2078?
None. We'll all be dead from the Captain Trips by then.
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