To: balrog666
So we already had "resistant strains" of humans before HIV even hit the human population. And humans are one of the least genetically diverse species of animals on the planet.
To: VadeRetro; PatrickHenry
Mutation bump then!
15 posted on
02/22/2004 9:23:12 AM PST by
balrog666
(Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.)
To: VadeRetro
Article at head has already been PC filtered to some degree...the immune percentage is well over 1%, and not limited to Swedes by any means.
IIRC, it also has some ties to the Rh negative blood characteristic.
18 posted on
02/22/2004 11:18:55 AM PST by
Chris Talk
(What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
To: VadeRetro
How do you know that HIV never "hit the human population" before? Remember, we're probably all "out of Africa" - where HIV is now pandemic. 40% infection rate among adults in Botswana.
After a plague there are two basic groups of survivors - those who never came in contact with it, and those who were immune to it.
To: VadeRetro
And humans are one of the least genetically diverse species of animals on the planet. Not that I'm aware of. Could you please provide a pointer to support for this?
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