Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site agrigene.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!cbosgd!ukma!psuvm.bitnet!psuvax1!burdvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!intelca!qantel!lll-crg!seismo!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!agrigene!buchbind From: buchbind@agrigene.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Man made virus? Message-ID: <268@agrigene.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 14:49:07 EST Article-I.D.: agrigene.268 Posted: Tue Jan 14 14:49:07 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jan-86 05:44:30 EST References: <295@decwrl.DEC.COM> <196@aero.ARPA> Organization: Agrigenetics Madison,Wi. Lines: 17 > > > > I have heard from two widely separated sources that the AIDS > > virus is man made. Has anyone else heard the same thing? Is > > there any truth to the rumor? > > > Fascinating! Is there any way of getting a truthful answer to the question? Yes there is. (One has already been posted: in short, THE AIDS VIRUS IS *NOT* MAN-MADE.) The question becomes: is there any way to get people to believe a truthful answer when they given one? (Fantasies of conspiracies are a lot more fun for some people to believe than the truth.) -- Barry Buchbinder (608)221-5000 Agrigenetics Corporation; 5649 East Buckeye Road; Madison WI 53716 USA {{harvard|topaz|seismo}!uwvax!|decvax|ihnp4}!nicmad!agrigene!buchbind