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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
Lets talk about the facts.
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Yes, lets talk about facts and not silly, uneducated speculation.
- Correlation does not imply causation.
- A fact is another way of saying demonstratable truth. That any percentage of a population believes in something does not automatically make that something true.
- In the way you use the term, "common sense" is a fancy way for the uneducated or willfully ignorant to attempt to give their unfounded opinions weight via unanimous opinion. See #2.
- That you cannot distinguish between the virus (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and the corresponding syndrome (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) certainly doesn't help your cause.
- ALL biological weapons that I know of require an aerosol delivery system. HIV can only be transmitted via bodily fluids because it requires a very specific environment to avoid structural degradation - making it a poor candidate for weaponization.
- There is no "debate" amongst the global scientific community regarding the origins of HIV. All empirical data indicates that present-day HIV was initially a zoonotic retrovirus that was transfered from one of the Ape species (most likely the Pan genus) to humans (it is suggested that this took place in/around Congo). Exactly how, when and where the virus mutated have yet to be determined. Anyone who tells you otherwise has both willfully ignored mountains of evidence AND cherry-picked data to support a pre-formed, prejudicial conclusion.
- An op-ed written by a discredited dermatologist for the purposes of self-promoting his books DOES NOT constitute "debate".
Now it's your turn to supply
facts.