What EVIDENCE is there to support the US gov involvement in developing and/or distributing HIV/AIDS?
Skeptics: please don’t insult me as i tend to lean toward your side on this issue. Instead, please provide evidence of the actual origins of HIV/AIDS Proponents: while I might be skeptical, the implications of such a thing being true are far too great to ignore the possibility. I am open to new information, but please make sure your sources are credible. Others: if you dont have evidence or something interesting to say, please just (star the question and...) move on
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I dont know of any reported evidence in this regard. File under Paranoia
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I, myself, have never seen evidence that supports this claim. I have seen evidence that supports the claim that AIDS' origin is from primates in Africa. Here is a good link that looks at the history and conspiracies: http://www.avert.org/origins.htm
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Everything I've ever heard or read in the last 25 years regarding HIV suggests it did originate in other simians and made its way into humans. Don't ever completely trust the government, but view conspiracy theories with healthy skepticism as well.
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Is it too much to believe that this wasn't a massive conspiracy and just a case of nature making the point that our species is not invulnerable? Given that the most common transmission vectors are unsafe sex practices and the sharing of needles, isn't there a personal responsibility element here? As far as evidence goes, there must be numerous epidemiology texts and websites on this topic. Try doing a Yahoo search on Origins of HIV.
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It is well documented that the US Military was developing immune system resistant viruses for decades prior to the breakout of AIDS. It is also common knowledge that the Military experimented with syphillus on soldiers of a certain race, without the soldiers knowledge. While this is not evidence it does cast a shadow on the government and suggest the proclivity to experiment on the population.
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Paul Farmer, physician, anthropologist, and author of AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame, describes beliefs held by many Haitians that, while official accounts in the United States blame Haitians for the advent of AIDS in the West, the disease was actually sent to Haiti by Americans. A common theme is that the U.S. wanted to get rid of Haitians because too many had immigrated to the States to work and jobs were running low. Assessing these (and other) conspiracy theories with a "hermeneutic of generosity," Farmer finds that they are based on a great deal more truth than many official accounts from the early days of the epidemic. Epidemiological studies reveal that the virus did indeed enter Haiti via Americans - gay tourists who had sex with young male sex workers, forced to perform this work due to abject poverty. The high rates of poverty, malnutrition, and poor medical infrastructure allowed the HIV virus to spread easily within the Haitian population. By engaging in a macro-level analysis and examining the history and political economy of Haiti, Farmer describes the important role the slave trade, Western (neo)colonial powers, and the United States in particular, played in the current poverty of Haitians. In the words of Farmer, "AIDS, although a new disease, is deeply embedded in social and economic structures long in place... violence, poverty, and inequality are the fault lines along which HIV spreads."
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well...i dont know if u would consuder this evidence or interesting but i do have something to say about the situation mother nature created a cure for every disease known to man..yes! even cancer 714- (trimethyl chloride) is a drug not legal in the united states yet it has been known to cure cancer (i actually have a friend who has an uncle who crossed the border to mexico to illegally bring back this drug,he was a cancer patient,3 years later,the cancer was gone but unfortunately he was caught w the drug and imprisoned.) now heres an interesting fact...studies have shown the aids virus to be identical to 2 other viruses VISNA..(which causes a fatal disease in sheep but not humans and HTLV-1 (human T-Cell lekeumia virus) the similarity can not be explained by natural mutulation or evolution..it seems the only possible explanation is that it was artifically created the whole monkey theory i believe was created by a racist ignorant a$shole to make black people look bad (like they go around fu(king monkeys) however the reality is it may have been created as some sort of warfare there is NO evidence that the aids virus was around in africa till the mid 80's but the first documented case was in the late 70's in new york there is no earthly made cure for aids...anything made by the earth the earth has provided a cure for....yes, man may doc it up a little but the earth gave the sources..there is some controversy that it was first tested on prison inmates in trade for an early release. ALSO....there was a 10 million dollar research project announced by the pentagon in 1969 and during the period between 1969-1978 there was a top secret project going on at fort detrick...the results of that project have failed to ever be announced and with that i think ive said enough good question!
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we sure ... meaning the federal government certainly are not doing enough to eradicate the disease!
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The government of the United States had and has absolutely nothing to do with the development of aids . It does little to prevent aids because current thinking is that not having sex is the only solution . Thats like telling people if we can stop the rain you never have to get wet again . Never mind selling them raincoats ,umbrellas and building shelters to come in out of the rain . Stupidity is at an all time high in America .
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You can blame USA on a lot of bad stuff but NOT AIDS , it came from Africa, I wonder in my head why all your questions make USA very bad , We are not the best country , we have many bad things , but the people of USA are honestly good people - wallalhi
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