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Torrere · 09-09-2003, 05:34 PM

Um, crap. The link to the article I was referring to is on a hard drive I don't have anymore. Anyway, I think it was from a diary of a nurse in Africa who noted AIDS-like symptoms in a patient. I remember that I had made the search after reading from Guns, Germs, and Steel, but I can't remember the query anymore.

The earliest confirmed case comes from the Congo in 1959, the earliest reported case is from 1978, and the earliest confirmed case in America comes from 1968 [stupid article].

The best evidence I could find for pre-1959 cases comes from here, here, and here.

Exhaustive, oddball google searches can be really fun. I've found texts blaming the demonization of the penis on St. Augustine, and texts that say that the theory that AIDS originated from Africa is racist. I've found conspiracy theories suggesting that the CIA created AIDS, and that aliens created AIDS. I've found nearly equal numbers of sites saying that AIDS was spread by a polio vaccine, and claiming that the polio theory is dead.

09-09-2003, 05:34 PM	#22
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Um, crap. The link to the article I was referring to is on a hard drive I don't have anymore. Anyway, I think it was from a diary of a nurse in Africa who noted AIDS-like symptoms in a patient. I remember that I had made the search after reading from Guns, Germs, and Steel, but I can't remember the query anymore. The earliest confirmed case comes from the Congo in 1959, the earliest reported case is from 1978, and the earliest confirmed case in America comes from 1968 [stupid article]. The best evidence I could find for pre-1959 cases comes from here, here, and here. Exhaustive, oddball google searches can be really fun. I've found texts blaming the demonization of the penis on St. Augustine, and texts that say that the theory that AIDS originated from Africa is racist. I've found conspiracy theories suggesting that the CIA created AIDS, and that aliens created AIDS. I've found nearly equal numbers of sites saying that AIDS was spread by a polio vaccine, and claiming that the polio theory is dead.