[alloysteel]

AIDS would not wipe out the human race completely even if we were all fornicating like minks in heat with every available partner, because in the normal range of human variations, there are some natural immunes. Not enough, perhaps, for a viable human culture to survive, which would cause a new and very Dark Age to descent on the planet, but individual pockets would grow up and form the nucleus for a new civilization to be born. But wouldn't just kind of waste the last couple of dozen millenia?

[Neuromancer]

You are, of course, correct but our attempt to understand these LTNP's is central to the development of a successful vaccine.

Because this retrovirus is highly prone to mutation we might be better to err on the side of extensive research vs/ rolling the genetic dice..

[mamelukesabre]

Here are my thoughts on the subject.

I have read that there are actually alot of people that are totally immune to aids and even more that are "somewhat" immune to aids. I am relying on my memory and I read this in a medical journal at the university library. As I remember, the numbers were something like 10 percent of white europeans are immune and an additional 15 percent or so have a "partial" immunity. The numbers for the other races of the world are practically zero. In north america, there numbers are somewhere inbetween.

Now here's what doesn't make sense to me.
IF africa has the largest population of people engaging in risky behavior, shouldn't Africa have the greatest percent of genetically immune individuals?