Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
It seems to thrive best in the tropics, so likely it will not do particularly well in the United States, but you never know. No reason to tempt fate by intentionally bringing it in, that's for damned sure.


There is no basis whatsoever for the first statement. A disease from the same part of Africa with similar transmission characteristics has already demonstrated that in spades. Worse, at the time we discovered HIV, our understanding of it included at or very nearly 100% mortality. It also would be the poster disease for the absurdity of trying to close the borders to disease.

As demonstrated by nearly forty years of having the virus here in the US with ZERO infections with E. Zaire, and only infection with E. Reston which occurred before we knew it was here (or even existed for that matter) Our record is not only good, it's perfect. To not bring infected people here to treat them, to not bring the virus to the best labs in the world to learn what we need to know about it is illogical in the extreme and to expouse such an illogical position is the result of very, very flawed thinking and deep ignorance that probably is beyond repair.

Failure to learn from both successful and unsuccessful experiment is the hallmark of too f--king stupid to live.

Failure to grasp your inability to comprehend the above is confirmation that you are too f--king stupid to live.

With evidence of the inability to learn, and your inability to understand you lack that ability is compelling evidence you are in the wrong line of work and precisely why people on this forum treat you like the idiot you are.

Last edited by MILES58; 09/21/14.