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What purpose does the phrase "geographically distant" serve here? Seriously, why include that? Because, for one thing, while this site was started by an americ
by dtornabene 7y ago
What purpose does the phrase "geographically distant" serve here? Seriously, why include that? Because, for one thing, while this site was started by an american, in america, its absolutely read all over the world, and two, HIV rates are highest in these "geographically distant third world countries". This is a really strange thing to post.
- roel_v 7y agoIt meant (to me) that there are several 'pockets' of this happening simultaneously, it's not some local 'strain' or 'outbreak'. I thought it was a crucial thing to add, for nuance. Not sure why you're so agitated over this.
- mantap 7y agoWith the advent of air travel most of these geographically distant places are less than 24 hours away.
- roel_v 7y ago... That can still make them distant? Is Australia less 'distant' from Europe now that it takes 24 hours instead of 6 weeks to get there? In some senses, yes, but not in the sense that the GP used 'distant' (i.e., as a objective word for 'not adjacent').
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- dtornabene 7y agoand then it loses all meaning, because a pathogen that can travels within people who travel on planes is a pathogen unconstrained by geography. It was a very odd, and frankly, telling turn of phrase.
- feanaro 7y agoI think it's because the poster understood it as saying they were geographically distant "from us", rather than that they are geographically distant from each other.
- tim58 7y agoroot comment here. For the record I intended to use the term to imply that they are geographically distant from each other and the mutation is probably not from single parent.