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AIDS-Like Virus New Threat To Koala

Posted by timothy on from the poor-fellas dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A virus that may weaken the immune system of koalas, similar to HIV in humans, is a new 'wild card' among threats facing the species and nearly all koalas in the Australian state of Queensland could already be infected."

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  1. So what? by Caustic+Soda · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Does it really matter that much?
    We have about 16 hojillion koalas in this country.
    Looking at the number of people who have died of HIV/AIDS, it hasn't made any kind of dent in our population
    Is it really going to be any different for the koalas?

    Or perhaps we should all just wait and see what the hell this virus does, before deciding that it's actually significant.