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Re:HIV mRNA Vaccines-Progress and Future Paths by asveikau on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:40PM (#27272080)
> I'm not sure how we all made it.

I am not a scientist or any kind of expert. But I thought I read somewhere that there are some ape species for whom SIV is endemic and harmless. Others get sick and die.

So maybe it just takes time for a species to adapt and it's very deadly right now because humans haven't been exposed for very long.

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Re:HIV mRNA Vaccines-Progress and Future Paths by bawolff on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @12:13AM (#27272530)
A lot of deadly diseases become deadly by crossing the species barrier. Long term its a better survival strategy to not kill your host.
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