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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I guess I mis-spoke a bit
Right now I believe there are two strains of the HIV virus with many subgroups.
HIV 1 and HIV 2 are virtually identical in how they effect the body. However HIV 2 might be less robust in that its harder to get infected by it, however its gestation period is a lot longer meaning that you can effect more people before showing symtoms. Also HIV-2 is more resistant to certain anti-viral drugs that are effective on HIV-1.
So I'm not talking about the HIV virus mutating to some kind of Ebola body busting dead within 48 hour virus, which has mutated to include airborne transmissions. My concern is that as we develope treatments for this virus its going to completely change and become even more infectious and untreatable.
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Sorry I guess I interpreted more "vicious" faster and deadly infection. But yeah its highly likely as we treat more strains the ones that are more resistant to drugs will simply become more prominent. The tricky thing about his virus is that by its very nature it gets around immune systems. So as we aid our immune system w/ drugs to destroy it, it only gets harder to pin down