I can't believe the conspiracy theories, we can't really do shit with the common cold and nobody touched smallpox during the cold war. to have devised something like a retrovirus that far prior to having real knowledge or ability to work with genetic code just makes no sense when you think about it. plus, all diseases in africa are badass, from west nile to marburg.

i do feel bad for the people who picked it up before we knew what the hell was happening, you're stupid and sloppy if you're from a modernized country and testing positve today though. at some point, you decided you couldn't exercise the restraint it takes to find a condom or clean needle when you knew exactly what the consequences were. you fucked up and got a disease that is entirely preventable and it's bullshit that the public has to pay for your 10-year farewell tour. it's incredibly hard to get in the scheme of things infectious and you can be illiterate and know exactly how not to get it thanks to the wonders of television.