WI A world without HIV?

My former coworker is straight. I think she'd move in different circles than what you're describing.

When did AIDS get into the non-drug-using straight population in the US to a large degree?

I'm not in the US and not familar with the data, I live in the UK and I'm currently visiting Australia.

In the UK, what some of us sarcastically call good AIDS (i.e. not gay, not drug-using, not sex workers) is fairly uncommon. It is mostly confined to immigrant groups from sub-saharan Africa. Amongst the longer-term population, even the worst blackspots are in the 1 in 5000 category. Heterosexual transmission is actually now the main vector in the UK. The stats are at http://www.avert.org/uk-transmission-route.htm.
 
1) HIV jumped twice - HIV-1 and HIV-2, so you need TWO PoDs to get rid of AIDS.

2) Something nasty like that IS going to happen at some point. AIDS led the way with a lot of research that will be helpful for the next major problem. (Antivirals, etc., as an earlier poster mentioned.)


But ya. HUGE benefits for sub-saharan Africa.
 
1) HIV jumped twice - HIV-1 and HIV-2, so you need TWO PoDs to get rid of AIDS.

2) Something nasty like that IS going to happen at some point. AIDS led the way with a lot of research that will be helpful for the next major problem. (Antivirals, etc., as an earlier poster mentioned.)


But ya. HUGE benefits for sub-saharan Africa.

I remember reading that there are several jumps, actually, but those two are the only ones that went beyond a few remote villages.

I also heard That one of those strains is less deadly than the other, although my source is unreliable to say the least.

Perhaps a resurgence in Syphilis?
 
I remember reading that there are several jumps, actually, but those two are the only ones that went beyond a few remote villages.

I also heard That one of those strains is less deadly than the other, although my source is unreliable to say the least.

Perhaps a resurgence in Syphilis?

Difficult; it's a bacterial illness, and we're fairly good at treating those. I suppose it could become drug-resistant, but I don't think it will match AIDS. STDs in general are going to be more under the radar, as some above posters said, because they're much easier to treat than AIDS (or have less nasty effects, like herpes; sure, it'll kill you, but it takes a loooong time to do so, and its not nearly 100% without treatment).
 
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