🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Roger wrote:

> Actually that was kind of far fetched, wasn't it?  hehe But please remember
> that we have the technology, and have for many years, to MAKE retrovirus.
> Since HIV is the only retrovirus that "mutates" on its own, I would question
> whether it is a naturally occurring virus.  Mind you, I am even attempting to
> guess who made it, or whether the release of it was accidental or not.  Our
> ability to produce RVs would seem very interesting to all of those governments
> that research biological warfare and it would be crazy to think that such
> people would overlook that type of technology.

i don't know where this idea comes from, but HIV is definetely not the
only retrovirus that has a high mutation frequency. Reverse transcriptase
is fairly inacurate in all retroviruses (all i know of, that is...), which
is one source of variability.

wolfgang