Im Leaving.....this article on the origin of HIV here.

[nicehat]

 

 

It turns out that HIV's origins have been traced to Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo and dates back to the 1920's. The genetic history study was composed by an international team of researchers. They meticulously reconstructed the genetic history of the HIV-1 group <M pandemic, and found that the common ancestor of group M is "highly likely" to have emerged in Kinshasa around 1920

 

While various strains of HIV have jumped from primates and apes to humans at least 13 tims, onle one such transmission event has led to a human pandemic. 

 

- The Perfect Storm -

 

Additional factors like urban growth, railway links during Belgian colonial rule and changes to the sex trade all combined to see HIV emerge from Kinshasa and spread across the globe. Social changes in the 1960s saw the virus break out from small pockets of people to wider populations and eventually the world. Research continues to understand social factors that enabled the virus to spread the way it did...Other than the obvious one

 

HIV was first identified in 1981

 

 

 

 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/hivs-roots-traced-back-to-1920s-congo/article20907406/

[Pugs501]

[Lavachyste]

I was going with a racist joke, but I won't. interesting articl anyway.

[felixbearpig]

thats a cool rendered cell

[nicehat]

 

 

You made your point by reading what I wrote and coming up with a meme showing your remarkable insight in a grand total of 2 mins since I posted. First post mentality much?

[Pugs501]

You made your point by reading what I wrote and coming up with a meme showing your remarkable insight in a grand total of 2 mins since I posted. First post mentality much?

If it would've been about Ebola I would've given it more attention.

[Scionyde]

*snip*

 

It's a fairly interesting article about a disease that affects millions, I'm sure some people care about it.

 

I, for one, didn't know the AIDS virus was covered in fuzzy Cheerios. 

[Mooshi]

That continent always puzzled me. It's home to some of the most majestic animals, has abundant resources, but also home to serious viruses and disease that plagues the world.

[Tech_Dreamer]

I'm more curious on the title you put up... i see what you did there

[Victorious Secret]

snip

 

What are you, 12? 

Its a interesting article. 

 

You didn't have to comment. 

 

Don't be such a knob. 

[Jauris]

Stormfront and Dog Whistle racism pls go

[dalekphalm]

That continent always puzzled me. It's home to some of the most majestic animals, has abundant resources, but also home to serious viruses and disease that plagues the world.

Part of the problem is the rampant poverty and lack of high quality medical science (lack of vaccinations and basic medical hygiene are huge factors).

[Pugs501]

What are you, 12?

Its a interesting article.

You didn't have to comment.

Don't be such a knob.

I am not 12 (16)

It was a slightly interesting article, but I came out of left field

Yea...

I have ADHD, sometime I can be compulsive.

[Tocsin_786]

by looking at that map, i have realised how weird the african borders are? 

[Mitico]

Even ebola started in congo...What the hell they were doing there back in time? For sure they used to experiment mixing up everything...