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Title: HIV Origin Found: Negro Sex With Chimps Cause Jump To Humans
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URL Source: http://www.natallnews.com/story.php?id=1953
Published: May 27, 2006
Author: BBC
Post Date: 2006-05-27 09:20:15 by Mind_Virus
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Views: 259
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HIV Origin Found: Negro Sex With Chimps Cause Jump To Humans Posted by admin on: 2006-05-27 The origin of HIV has been found in wild chimpanzees living in southern Cameroon, researchers report. A virus called SIVcpz (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus from chimps) was thought to be the source, but had only been found in a few captive animals. Now, an international team of scientists has identified a natural reservoir of SIVcpz in animals living in the wild. The findings are to be published in Science magazine. It is thought that people hunting chimpanzees first contracted the virus - and that cases were first seen in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo - the nearest urban area - in 1930. Scientists believe the rareness of cases - and the fact that symptoms of Aids differ significantly between individuals - explains why it was another 50 years before the virus was named. Paul Sharp, professor of genetics at the University of Nottingham said: "It is likely that the jump between chimps and humans occurred in south-east Cameroon - and that virus then spread across the world. "When you consider that HIV probably originated more than 75 years ago, it is most unlikely that there are any viruses out there that will prove to be more closely related to the human virus." He said the team were currently working to understand if the genetic differences between SIVcpz and HIV evolved as a response to the species jump. This team of researchers, including experts from the universities of Nottingham, Montpellier and Alabama, have been working for a decade to identify the source of HIV. While SIVcpz was only identified in captive animals, the possibility remained that yet another species could be the natural reservoir of both HIV and SIVcpz. It had only been possible to detect SIVcpz using blood test - which meant that only captive animals could be studied. This study, carried out alongside experts from the Project Prevention du Sida au Cameroun (PRESICA) in Cameroon, involved analyzing chimpanzee feces, collected from the forest floor in remote jungle areas. This was useful because University of Alabama researchers had been able to determine the genetic sequences of the chimpanzee viruses - which could then be searched for in the fecal samples. Lab tests detected SIVcpz specific antibodies and genetic information linked to the virus in up to 35% of chimpanzees in some groups. All of the data was then sent to the University of Nottingham for analysis, which revealed the extremely close genetic relationship between some of the samples and strains of HIV. Chimpanzees in south-east Cameroon were found to have the viruses most similar to the form of HIV that has spread throughout the world. The researchers say that, as well as solving the mystery about the origin of the virus, the findings open up avenues for future research. Keith Alcorn of Aidsmap said: "The researchers have pinned down a very specific location where they believe the precursor of HIV came from. "But there are vast areas of west Africa where other forms of SIVcpz lineages exist, and the possibility remains for human infection. Media Link
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#2. To: Mind_Virus (#0)
Congratulations on using the most offensive title of the day.
Since the article says nothing about sex with chimps, the headline-writer wrote a strange headline for the story.
This is a myth, and an urban legend. Africans ate chimps; that's how the virus made the jump, if it made it at all. The first known case of someone dying of AIDS was in St. Louis in about '67. A black transvestite/prostitute died of an unknown dieases, his tissues were frozen, and decades later, when tested, the AIDS virus was in him. The virus has probably been around for thousands of years. It apparently only affects homosexuals because of sodomy and drug abuse, IV drug users because of drug use, and almost no one else. The key determinants appear to be destroying your immune system though horrendous drug abuse, and injecting the virus directly into the body through IV use and homsexual sex.
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
I thought they had traced the AIDS epidemic to a Canadian flight attendant?? Or am I mistaken??
"During the last few years it has become possible not only to determine whether HIV is present in a blood or plasma sample, but also to determine the particular subtype of the virus. Studying the subtype of virus of some of the earliest known instances of HIV infection can help to provide clues about the time it first appeared in humans and its subsequent evolution. "Three of the earliest known instances of HIV infection are as follows: "1. A plasma sample taken in 1959 from an adult male living in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. "2. HIV found in tissue samples from an American teenager who died in St. Louis in 1969. "3. HIV found in tissue samples from a Norwegian sailor who died around 1976. "A 1998 analysis of the plasma sample from 1959 has suggested7 that HIV-1 was introduced into humans around the 1940s or the early 1950s; much earlier than previously thought. Other scientists have dated the sample to an even earlier period - perhaps as far back as the end of the 19th century. "In January 2000 however, the results of a new study presented at the 7th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, suggested that the first case of HIV-1 infection occurred around 1930 in West Africa . The study was carried out by Dr Bette Korber of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The estimate of 1930 (which does have a 15 year margin of error) was based on a complicated computer model of HIV's evolution. If accurate, it means that HIV was in existence before many scenarios (such as the OPV and conspiracy theories) suggest."
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
Some doctors are questioning whether AIDS even exists, or if it does, that it's caused by HIV. Not everyone with "AIDS" has HIV.
Gaetan Dugas, faggot.
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
Came from a site with the motto: News for White People .... By White People
"In the early years of the AIDS epidemic, there was a lot of controversy about a so-called Patient Zero who was the basis of a complex transmission scenario compiled by Dr. William Darrow and colleagues at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in the US. This epidemiological study showed how 'Patient O' (for "Out of California" and mistakenly identified in the press as 'Patient Zero') had given HIV to multiple partners, who then in turn transmitted it to others and rapidly spread the virus to locations all over the world (Auerbach et al., 1984). In all, at least 40 of the 248 people diagnosed with AIDS by April 1982 were thought to have had sex either with him or with someone who had. A journalist, Randy Shilts, subsequently wrote an article based on Darrow's findings in his 1987 book And The Band Played On, in which it named Patient Zero as a gay Canadian flight attendant named Gaëtan Dugas (February 20, 1953—March 30, 1984 [1]). For several years, Dugas was vilified as a "mass spreader" of HIV and the original source of the HIV epidemic among gay men. However, four years after the publication of Shilts's article, Dr. Darrow repudiated his study, admitting that its methods were flawed and that Shilts had misrepresented the study's conclusions." I wasnt aware of this re Shilts..
Is there money in doing that sort of thing?
Quit bogarting that peace, Herbert!
Since the article says nothing about sex with chimps, the headline-writer wrote a strange headline for the story. Mind_Virus posted the article from: whose administrator had copied the article from: but retitled it from "HIV origin 'found in wild chimps'" at the BBC website to "HIV Origin Found: Negro Sex With Chimps Cause Jump To Humans" on the natallnews website. An innocent mistake, no doubt.
(The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true good news)
Dude did his level best to spread it around the world as documented in the book, "And the Band Played On." I don't believe that anyone was laying the wood to chimps - I like the designer drug theory of race specific genocide.
Hmmm, National Alliance. I was thinking it had something to do with the South African state of Natal, and wondering what the extra "L" was for.
IIRC, Randy Shilts, the reporter, was gay and died from AIDS. Guess I cdould do some research, but.......
And inaccurate. There's nothing in this article or any others on the subject that even hints at this. The BBC and other sources said back in 1930 from butchering.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism. – George Washington "If the president made us go to war with Iraq, why doesn't he go over there and fight the war?" Christian May [6th grader] Guess the brain isn't totally gone..... Randy Shilts, Chronicler of AIDS Epidemic, Dies at 42; Journalism: Author of 'And the Band Played On' is credited with awakening nation to the health crisis. The Times Mirror Company; Los Angeles Times - February 18, 1994, Friday, Home Edition PAGE: A-1, TYPE: Obituary Jenifer Warren and Richard C. Paddock; Times Staff Writers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAN FRANCISCO -- Randy Shilts, a tenacious, award-winning journalist who became the nation's foremost chronicler of gay life and the AIDS epidemic, died early Thursday at his ranch in the Sonoma County redwoods. He was 42. Shilts, who learned he was infected with HIV in 1987, died of AIDS, according to a statement released by the San Francisco Chronicle, where Shilts worked as a national correspondent. Best known for his groundbreaking writing on the disease that took his life, Shilts was hailed by gay leaders and fellow journalists as a pioneer whose work propelled AIDS out of anonymity and into the consciousness of mainstream America. "Each and every person claimed by AIDS is a loss to the movement," said David M. Smith of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "But Randy's contribution was so crucial. He broke through society's denial and was absolutely critical to communicating the reality of AIDS." William German, editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, said the newspaper where Shilts worked for 13 years is indebted to him, as society should be. "The entire world community has reason to honor Randy Shilts for his . . . relentless investigation that helped all of us become aware of a global epidemic," German said in a statement. Respected for his dogged reporting, painstaking research and obsession with fairness, Shilts became the first newspaper reporter to cover the gay community full time shortly after he was hired by the Chronicle in 1981. Later, he persuaded the newspaper to let him focus exclusively on the then-mysterious disease that came to be known as AIDS. In 1987, he published an acclaimed book about the epidemic and its neglect by government, science and some gay organizations. "And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic" was translated into seven languages and became a docudrama broadcast on HBO in September. His most recent book, "Conduct Unbecoming," was published last year and examined discrimination against gays and lesbians in the military. Like "And the Band Played On," it reached the bestseller lists. Shilts also wrote "The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk," about the gay San Francisco supervisor who was murdered along with Mayor George Moscone. Warner Bros. is developing a film based on the 1982 book. Cleve Jones, founder of the Names Project, which produced the AIDS quilt, called Shilts a hero whose writings are "without question the most important works of literature affecting gay people." But Jones also sounded a somber note, arguing that despite the efforts of Shilts and other prominent gays "who believed they could single-handedly stop the epidemic," AIDS rages on. "Randy's death is a very sad milestone because it underscores for me our utter failure," said Jones, a friend of Shilts for 20 years. "All of this extraordinary talent is gone and none of this has moved the Congress and President to responsible action." Although he was worshiped by many in gay circles for enlightening heterosexuals, Shilts was controversial among more radical members of the movement, some of whom labeled him a "gay Uncle Tom." In the mid-1980s, his stories suggesting that gay bathhouses in San Francisco were breeding grounds for AIDS made him a pariah, unable to walk through the city's Castro District without being jeered or spat upon. When "And the Band Played On" came out, he was attacked for charging that gay groups initially pretended that AIDS did not exist. More recently, he was faulted for opposing the "outing" of prominent, closeted gays, including two four-star generals he described anonymously in "Conduct Unbecoming." Shilts was hurt by such barbs, but refused to alter his message or obscure the truth to win friends. In the author's note for "The Mayor of Castro Street," he offered this explanation: "I can only answer that I tried to tell the truth and, if not be objective, at least be fair; history is not served when reporters prize trepidation and propriety over the robust journalistic duty to tell the whole story." Randy Martin Shilts was born Aug. 8, 1951, in Davenport, Iowa, but spent most of his youth in the Chicago suburb of Aurora. His father, Bud, sold prefabricated housing, while his mother, Norma, saw that Randy and his four brothers grew up as solid Methodists. Early on, Shilts appeared to share his parents' politically conservative views; in high school, he founded a local chapter of Young Americans for Freedom. He went west for college, choosing the University of Oregon in Eugene and beginning his journalism career on the student paper. At age 20, Shilts declared his homosexuality, and later ran for student office under the slogan "Come Out for Shilts." Despite graduating at the top of his class, Shilts struggled to find work in Oregon, a fact he attributed to homophobia. Eventually, he signed on as Northwest correspondent for the Advocate, a national gay and lesbian magazine, and later made his way to San Francisco. After several years as a television and free-lance journalist, Shilts was hired by the Chronicle, becoming the first openly gay reporter at a major metropolitan newspaper. That same year marked the emergence of a rare pneumonia and skin cancer afflicting a handful of gay men in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. In 1982, Shilts began covering what then was called "the gay plague." Shilts learned he was infected with HIV the day he wrote the final page of "And the Band Played On" in March, 1987. He had allowed his doctor to test him a year earlier, but asked not to be told the result, fearing it might influence his reporting. He did not disclose his condition publicly until last year. For three years, he took the drug AZT and his health remained good. Gradually, the drug's effects faded, and in August, 1992, the day before his 41st birthday party, he came down with AIDS-related pneumonia. Four months later, a lung collapsed, and he was forced to dictate the final pages of "Conduct Unbecoming" from his hospital bed. Last year, he was diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma, the AIDS-related cancer that causes lesions. Friends said Shilts had been mostly homebound since then, weak and tethered to an oxygen machine but continuing to enjoy life with his partner, Barry Barbieri, and beloved golden retriever, Dashiel. In January, he managed to take a long-anticipated trip to the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and in August attended what some called a highlight of his life--the Los Angeles screening of HBO's version of "And the Band Played On." Throughout his battle with AIDS, Shilts maintained a philosophical attitude about the disease, once likening it to "high blood pressure or some other life- threatening illness." As his battle worsened last year, he said in an interview with the New York Times that AIDS was "character-building." "It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character." Credited for his foresight about the danger of AIDS, Shilts died just days after a report that showed that the annual number of new AIDS cases in San Francisco peaked at 3,326 in 1992. City health department officials, who expect the number of AIDS cases to decrease dramatically by 1997, credit aggressive prevention efforts for the trend. Shilts is survived by Barbieri, who was beside him when he died; four brothers, Gary, Reed, Dennis and David, and his stepmother, Pat. Funeral services have not yet been scheduled.
Quit bogarting that peace, Herbert!
Nor do I.. chimps are not exactly compliant..
TMI?
Quit bogarting that peace, Herbert!
You think people don't have sex with monkeys? What do you say to this KOOK!!
There's no way I'm gonna buy those macaques from you now.
Quit bogarting that peace, Herbert!
Don't know what the hell that is, but I don't need the headache it gives so early in the day.........thanks anyhow, dak......why don't ya just tell me what that 'music' is trying to say. Thx
It was monotonous thump-thump music with meaningless score kept off to the side in screaming bright ever upward graphics. It's like a rave held at NYSE.
Quit bogarting that peace, Herbert!
It gets worse!! :P
As I ransack their homes they want to shake my hand.
Quit bogarting that peace, Herbert!
..and then you turn on them dont you?? ;P
Won't get to get what I'm after...
Quit bogarting that peace, Herbert!
.. dare I ask .. what is it that youre after ?? :p
till the day I die...
Quit bogarting that peace, Herbert!
... loose lips sink ships??
Tommy doesn't know what day it is.
Quit bogarting that peace, Herbert!
No excuses for Tommy :P
SMOOCH!
Quit bogarting that peace, Herbert!
He was merely the delivery device. He picked it up somewhere and spread it. Still originated in Africa which is a real sore point with blacks who claim it is just another of whiteys lies to dis blacks. It was isolated to small parts of Africa until roads were put in which helped populations to move around. The gays resistance to any counter measures ensured a solid foothold in the West.
OIC. *pssst*....what is a rave? Is that a glorified rant?
rave is a party, bigger the better.
Quit bogarting that peace, Herbert!
I was going for {{{SHOCK}}} value today. Sometimes there's a method to my madness...Haven't quite figured it out yet but when i do i'll let you know..;-)
Sometimes there's a method to my madness...Haven't quite figured it out yet but when i do i'll let you know..;-) I was most definitely shocked. Titles such as this one corrupt the minds of our children and, at the least, irritate intelligent adults. You should put this to an end; ask a mod to fix the title by adding the missing "d." Good day.
#3. To: Mind_Virus (#0)
It is thought that people hunting chimpanzees first contracted the virus - and that cases were first seen in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo - the nearest urban area - in 1930.
#4. To: Mind_Virus (#0)
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#6. To: Zipporah (#1)
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#8. To: Zipporah (#5)
I thought they had traced the AIDS epidemic to a Canadian flight attendant?? Or am I mistaken?
#9. To: DuQuoigne (#2)
Congratulations on using the most offensive title of the day.
#10. To: YertleTurtle (#8)
Gaetan Dugas, faggot.
#11. To: aristeides (#3)
Since the article says nothing about sex with chimps, the headline-writer wrote a strange headline for the story.
#12. To: Mind_Virus, aristeides, DuQuoigne, Zipporah, YertleTurtle, Neil McIver (#3)
Congratulations on using the most offensive title of the day.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/ hi/health/5012268.stm
#13. To: Zipporah (#5)
I thought they had traced the AIDS epidemic to a Canadian flight attendant?? Or am I mistaken??
#14. To: Starwind (#12)
#15. To: Zipporah (#10)
#16. To: DuQuoigne (#2)
Congratulations on using the most offensive title of the day.
#17. To: Zipporah (#10)
#18. To: rowdee (#17)
what?
#19. To: lodwick (#13)
I don't believe that anyone was laying the wood to chimps - I like the designer drug theory of race specific genocide.
#20. To: Zipporah (#19)
#21. To: Dakmar (#20)
TMI?
#22. To: BAC (#21)
#23. To: Dakmar (#18)
#24. To: All (#22)
Sorry. I couldn't resist....
+ SEX WITH 
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#25. To: rowdee (#23)
#26. To: Dakmar (#20)
TMI?
#27. To: Dakmar (#20)
#28. To: Zipporah (#27)
#29. To: Dakmar (#28)
As I ransack their homes they want to shake my hand.
#30. To: Zipporah (#29)
#31. To: Dakmar (#30)
Won't get to get what I'm after...
#32. To: Zipporah (#31)
#33. To: Dakmar (#32)
till the day I die...
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#35. To: Dakmar (#34)
#36. To: Zipporah (#35)
#37. To: Zipporah (#5)
#38. To: Dakmar (#25)
#39. To: rowdee (#38)
#40. To: DuQuoigne (#2)
Congratulations on using the most offensive title of the day.
#41. To: Mind_Virus (#40)
I was going for {{{SHOCK}}} value today.
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