What caused AIDS

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is caused by a virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Like other viruses, HIV can be transmitted from host to host. The main routes of HIV transmission are sexual contact, sharing contamin…

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AIDS is caused by infection with a virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This virus is passed from one person to another through blood-to-blood and sexual contact. In addition, infected pregnant women can pass HIV to their babies…

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HIV is the virus that most researchers believe causes AIDS. However, some scientists remain unconvinced that HIV causes AIDS. These scientists believe that HIV can cause AIDS only in the presence of a cofactor, some other virus or condition…

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Related Questions Answered on Y!Answers

Who caused AIDs? How was the problem caused, and when did it start to become such an epidemic?

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A: not who but whatit is said that chimpanzees had the virus and the natives there ate them as food. then the virus spread into the streets as sex workers were being contracted. then they spread out of africa into parts of europe and asiano one can stop it, but we can suppress it

What country did aids originate from and what caused aids?

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A: The white man made the aids virus while trying to make a polio vaccine. It was a big race for many doctors to try to find this cure. So this one guy decided hey im going to try a certain type of species no one else was using. His polio vaccine was contaminated but he didnt care and tested it on the african people and well read on from the rest….Also people want to believe they got it from eating the flesh of the monkeys but I don’t believe that because aids was new to humans and africans had been eating monkeys probably since they been around.

How was is that Ronald Reagan was the man who caused AIDS & Crack to be detremental to our society?

Q: Some black people sure seem to think so..

A: There were rumors that the AIDS virus was passed out to gay men in a “hepatitis” shot given during Reagan’s reign with the aim of eradicating the gay population. However, since it has been spread far more often by heterosexuals in Africa, and it has affected people of all walks of life, including children born HIV positive, it wasn’t a very smart plan. (Not that I believe Reagan orchestrated it, but with the venomous hatred of the gay community by right wingers, anything’s possible.)As for crack, the rumor is the government got it started in the ghetto as a cheap alternative to cocaine with the aim of destroying the black community. Crack has also had a far wider reach in its destructive effect. These rumors were repeated and written up numerous times, and there are more than a few people who believe them.