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From: houdrob@oregon.uoregon.edu
Subject: Re: Genetic Splice Gone Crazy?
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Modern society has certainly aided the spreading of HIV.
It often happens that potent viral and bacterial strains
cause epidemics in isolated areas.  (I have examples if
requested)  HIV infection could have remained this way and
we wouldn't have had this newsgroup or thousands of broken
hearts & bodies.  
However, with modern technology, it is possible for a disease 
to get on a plane in Africa and be in North America in a 
matter of hours.  So what might have been an isolated
incident has grown into a world wide issue.

David Robertson
University of Oregon
Eugene Oregon