Have you read about the latest study about the HIV virus? They first thought it emerged in the 1960′s but now think it has been around for about a hundred years. I guess it’s sort of like other diseases that they didn’t know what they were until it kept showing up. Then they could tie them all together and figure out they all had the same thing and then could give it a name.
To quote the study:
“Now, for the first time, we have been able to compare two relatively ancient HIV strains. That helped us to calibrate how quickly the virus evolved and make some really robust inferences about when it crossed into humans, how the epidemic grew from that time, and what factors allowed the virus to enter and become a successful human pathogen,” Dr. Worobey said.
“HIV is one of these pathogens that you could almost think of as living on the edge of extinction,” Worobey continued. He believes that had HIV not been carried to a city, it may not have survived the jump to humans. “It means there are things we could do to actually make it so that it doesn’t have a chance of spreading,” Worobey said.
Wouldn’t that be a wonderful day? If they could just come up with a vaccine that would keep people from contracting HIV, the world would be a much better place. I hope and pray that day comes soon.
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