Friday, February 27, 2009
Where HIV came from, or not
While there are multiple theories about how HIV came into the human disease scene i believe two are the most important in my opinion. Since there has not been out breaks of HIV like there is now i believe that alot of the other theorys are not true because if the disease were already present then there would most likely been an out break much sooner in history. This being said the theories i chose to talk about are "Hunter" theory and the "Conspiracy" theory. The hunter theory to me seems the most reasonable theory to believe because of the proven fact that diseases can be transferred from species to species so it is not out of the question that infected chimpanzees could have passed HIV onto the human hunters that came in contact with thier blood. I think that the "Conspiracy" theory is just a creation of ignorance and the result of propaganda into less educated societies and groups of people. I think that this theory is very important because it damages the credibility of doctors to the groups of people that actually believe that humans created HIV to destroy the black and gay. The fact that HIV was first discovered in gay men i think really plays an important role in this theory and needs to be either disproved or discredited. I think the origin of HIV and the understanding of how it was transmitted into the human race is important to understand the disease and how we can defeat it.
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Yeah, conspiracy theory is retarded. Just another way for victims to be mad at things they cant control and displace the blame on people with the most control. An unfortunate side effect of being one of those people in power.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the hunter theory is the best theory that describes the origin of HIV in the human population. Although the conspiracy theory seems very far fetched, it does not surprise me that some people believe it. With the history that our country has in biomedical treatment of minorities it could be considered a possibility. I believe it is important to understand how the disease crossed the species barrier so we can do our best to make sure no other diseases do the same.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I think that the hunter theory seems the most probable. The conspiracy theory seems very far fetched. Like they would make up a disease to destroy blacks and gays. This could not possibly be true because whites also have HIV/AIDs.
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