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AIDS is caused by HIV, which is believed to have evolved from a virus infecting primates in Africa (probably more specific details than that exist, but I don't
by jcranmer 4y ago
AIDS is caused by HIV, which is believed to have evolved from a virus infecting primates in Africa (probably more specific details than that exist, but I don't know them offhand).
Bubonic plague and polio both predate the existence of writing, and may well predate even agriculture.
- lovemenot 4y agoHIV has at least one similarly plausible but unprovable origin story - concerning the unintended consequences of polio vaccination in the 1950s. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7935079/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7935079/
- selimthegrim 4y agoThis has been disproven pretty thoroughly IIRC
- paiute 4y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_polio_vaccine_AIDS_hypothesis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_polio_vaccine_AIDS_hypo...