I mean we are talking a virus that changes each time it finds a new host. As see I HIV/AIDS are "learning" to live what is stoping from taking the next step and become like the flu? there are other virus and live out side the body longer making intake a lot easier. it's just that AID/ HIV just happen to be more frail. what is stop it from making that jump? people come now we talking about a what if and the nature of viruses. they are always changing and these changes far more then anther other in our history(that I know of).
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No it is mainly passed on through exchange of blood to blood .
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It's impossible. AIDS and HIV die almost instantly if not in a bodily fluid.
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that's a scary thought...hope it doesn't happen, but then again i was really scared of bird flu and god knows where that went - just stopped.
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yeah you can get aids through a virus that travels through the air thats why people who aren't gay get it don't mean to scare you but you asked for the truth
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These are "sexualy transmitted diseases" there for they are only transmited by intercourse. The only way possible for it to be airborn is if an infected person is on a plane.
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NO, virus' need a host to grow.... air does not support it, but they are many other airborne diseases
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that would be scary, worse than the plague and nothing we could do about it. Maybe 10-20% would be imune but it would be world chaos, wars, looting, bodies in the streets.
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no it dies as soon as it hits the air, it can only be passed on thru fluid exchange( not spit) its been around forever if it would have happened already
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It is a sexual disease. We can't have sex just by breathing...right?
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No, unless some fool weaponizes it. AIDS and HIV are purely blood born disease that can be only transmitted in a blood-to-blood contact or by sexual content. Which could be as little as having oral sex with a canker sore. All viruses attack cells of the body, they hijack them and turn these cells into virus making machines. The AIDS virus specializes on attacking cells that are part of the body's immune response. So it is next to impossible for the human body to fight it. The more the body fights the worse the situation gets. We haven't had any luck in creating an antiviral medication. Flu shots are dead virus cells to which the body’s immune response can build up a immunity. This may not work very well with AIDS because of its preferred target. Ebola is another dangerous blood born virus. Ebola has about a 90% kill rate. AIDS has a 100% kill rate, but luckily the virus can go into a dormant stage. But, one AIDS gets started rarely does the AIDS itself kill the person. Instead they lower their immune response so they can be infected very easily, at one point they can be infected by virus that are dormant in their bloodstream. So it is usually a secondary infection that kills the person. It is very hard to weaponize blood born viruses, but if someone were to create a system when it can be passed by exposure to the eyes or the mouth then we have a major problem. This can be done with a little genetic engineering, then finding a way to dispense the virus in an aerosol or as a very fine powder. Viruses mutate frequently, usually in response to the bodies defense system. Some viruses will always survive, but if the body can get a handle on them then the viruses will go dormant. We have seen many flu bugs jump the species barrier, the find a way to change from infecting farm animals to infecting humans. However, we have yet to see a blood born virus change to a different system of infection (vector). So I doubt if the AIDS virus will ever become airborne, but some suicidal idiot could try to weaponize it. If that is done then in a few generations the human race will be wiped out.
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I doubt that the HIV virus will ever be transmitted through the air. First of all, the HIV virus is found in certain fluids of the human body, not including saliva, so if it were to become airborne there would have to be some bodily fluids floating around. Plus, it still can't survive outside the human body for more then a few hours. Also, the strain of the virus would be so small that there is almost no chance that you can catch it. So, there is nothing to worry about. The chances of you catching it from the air is nonexistent.
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It could. Mutations occur all the time.
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No, it isn't possible
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Viruses come in several varieties. Those that are heartier and can live outside of the host like you are talking about are (ie rhinovirus that causes colds) are nonenveloped. Those that are enveloped (like HIV) are weaker, and therefore need direct transmission. It is unlikely that HIV will become a non-enveloped virus and therefore be more easily transmissible.
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If a carrier of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) expels a large amount of blood, the virus can be transmitted to another carrier with an exposed or fresh wound for maybe ten minutes I believe it was. I don't even think it is that long. HIV does need a host of some kind in order to thrive and in most cases actually physical contact is necessary for transmission of the HIV. AIDS is Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and is not transferable, because it is the syndrome that eventually develops after the HIV has infected a human host. It is the long term effect of infection, not the cause.
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