Reply #42: Whenever we talk about transmission of HIV

[JackBeck]

It's like opening a can of worms. People think of the most outrageous "what ifs" possible.

And as far as the conspiracies go, I understand where they are coming from. But I also know what most of the scientific data supports.

HIV specifically seeks out and eventually kills CD4/T-cells. Most conspiracy believers thinks that HIV was designed in a lab (by Bush Sr.) in the early 1970's.

But what do we know? The earliest case of HIV can be traced back to 1959. It's even believed that HIV may have been around since the late 19th century.

Another point: CD4/T-cells weren't discovered by immunologists until the mid-70's. If HIV has been around AT LEAST since 1959, how could scientists have developed a virus that specifically attacks CD4 cells if they weren't even discovered yet?