In article <1992Nov15.162710@IASTATE.EDU> danwell@IASTATE.EDU (Daniel A Ashlock) writes:
> Goddamnit could one of the SKEPTICS please construct and AIDS-was-caused-
>by-the-govenment theory? Then it won't be quite so silly.
>Dan
>Danwell@IASTATE.EDU
The military tested biological warfare techniques during the '50s and '60s.
They sprayed SanFrancisco from outside the bay with an aerosol to test what
the dispersion of the "agent" would be into the bay area. They used a bacteria,
I forget the specific type, which would not normally be infectious; except
when the person's immune system was very poor. Since this bacteria is normally
present in our environment, it makes one wonder how they determined which
sample was theirs and which was a normal species. I propose that they "tagged"
the test bacteria by "cutting" a genetic tag into the test sample(s). This
"tag" was carried/cut into the genetic material via use of SV material (now
know as reverse transcriptase.)
Tests were conducted in various parts of the world; e.g., Africa, Japan, Haiti, and, of course, the USA. In New York, fungal test material was spread through-
out the subways. This material would also have to be "tagged" in some way;
perhaps using SV?
Since rapid advances had been made in biology/genetics since 1944, it isn't
beyond the realm of possibility that the action of SV was known by the mid to
late '50s. Specially, in military biological research, where efforts to mut-
ate virulent species of bacteria had been extensively studied since the '30s.
Still, this isn't a true conspiracy. Even if it were true, the spread of
HIV, as a result, would have certainly been accidental.
