Roman Empire ‘raised HIV threat’
Posted by aidsfiction on September 7, 2008
Here is another absurd theory posted by the BBC trying to explain why AIDS seems to behave differently among different ethnicities:
“The claim, by French researchers, is that people once ruled by Rome
are less likely to have a gene variant which protects against HIV.
This includes England, France, Greece and Spain, New Scientist reports.
Others argue the difference is linked to a far larger event, such as the spread of bubonic plague or smallpox.
The idea that something carried by the occupying Romans could have a widespread influence on the genes of modernEuropeans comes from researchers at the University of Provence. …”
wpm1955 said
I have been familiar with the theory mentioned in the BBC article for several years. Several years ago, the science program NOVA did a one-hour special just on this subject, of who was more likely to have survived the bubonic plague (if you read the article closely). Read the article again, as it says they DON’T think it was something carried by the Romans, but a variant in the Empire that allowed people to survive the plague (yet at the same time increases susceptibility to AIDS). This is a well-respected theory and hardly absurd, if you follow scientific circles (as I do).
Madame Monet
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aidsfiction said
Thank you Madame for writing. The bubonic plague was a bacterial plague not viral by the way.
The current AIDS/HIV theory suggests that HIV does not behave like every other virus. The theory in the article attempts to explain this anomaly which I believe is absurd.
Dr. Duesberg discovered retro-viruses. You may like to read his presentation http://www.duesberg.com/presentations/$bnAIDSQuiz.pdf . It is a nice summary.
Jim
aidsfiction said
I made a mistake with the above link. Here is the updated link http://www.duesberg.com/presentations/$bnAIDSQuiz.pdf
aidsfiction said
Agh, one more try. “http://www.duesberg.com/presentations/$bnAIDSQuiz.pdf”
aidsfiction said
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aidsfiction said
Ok I think I finally figured out how to add a link to a reply:
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