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- floridiot2, on 03/03/2009, -1/+173Yeah, this couldn't possibly go wrong.
- inactive, on 03/03/2009, -4/+133Finally. They gave it to us and it's about time we get payback.
- sjbdallas, on 03/03/2009, -1/+78"Thank you all for coming here today. We've have a fantastic announcement: We have cured HIV"
--frantic whispers in the background between guys in white coats --
"Oops, I meant to say: We can infect monkeys with HIV. Any questions?" - AManWithNoName, on 03/03/2009, -0/+56I Am Legend meets Planet of the Apes
- blarch, on 03/03/2009, -2/+51now the monkeys will have to use condoms
- irishjays, on 03/03/2009, -4/+50They are infected... with Rage!
- Nboy514, on 03/03/2009, -1/+41you're doing it wrong
- ProfessorSYM, on 03/03/2009, -0/+40= 28 Days Later.
- BushidoReverend, on 03/03/2009, -2/+41I saw this headline and immediate said the same thing to myself.
What part of Highly Infectious Incurable Disease don't they understand?
I understand the importance for research and all, but holy damn.
Remind me to shoot monkeys on sight for now on. - CannedMango, on 03/03/2009, -3/+31Wait, does this mean I may one day have to stop having sex with my monkey?
- Lavarock, on 03/03/2009, -3/+30MONKEY ABSTINENCE IS 100% EFFECTIVE
- dvsbastard, on 03/03/2009, -3/+29"...a step toward testing future vaccines in monkeys before trying them in people"
It's in the article description... or don't we read past the headline any more? - GrandmaSheila, on 03/03/2009, -3/+23This is perfectly evil.
- manbeef, on 03/03/2009, -0/+18This has bad idea written all over it.
- palehorse864, on 03/03/2009, -1/+19... are both adjectives.
- ieatpoptarts, on 03/03/2009, -0/+17"The genetically engineered virus, once injected into this monkey, proliferates almost as much as it does in people, but the animal ultimately suppresses it and the virus does not make it sick, they said."
Don't worry, the monkeys are safe. - azureskies88, on 03/03/2009, -0/+17Technically, saying the "AIDS virus" would be comparable to saying the "cold virus." That is, the X virus is the virus that causes the syndrome/disease X. As a "cold virus" would be, for example, the rhinovirus, the "AIDS virus" would be the HIV.
And I'll shut the ***** up right about now. - a117, on 03/03/2009, -5/+20Damn dirty apes. There. I said it.
- Kison, on 03/03/2009, -5/+19AIDS ain't a virus, yo.
- r0g3r, on 03/03/2009, -0/+13I don't think anyone should be in the business of making new strains of the AIDS virus.
- Yupp, on 03/03/2009, -3/+16Leave those poor sick monkeys alone...they got problems enough as it is
- afruff23, on 03/03/2009, -2/+1512 Monkeys anyone?
- flossdaily, on 03/03/2009, -1/+13Great. Airborne AIDS in 3...2.....
- AManWithNoName, on 03/03/2009, -0/+11I would pay to see that. Dear god, what has the internet done to me?
- Paulorific, on 03/03/2009, -0/+10My mom hates to be unethicaled and recklessed!
- Gareth321, on 03/03/2009, -2/+12Not to mention chimps are like 9 times stronger than us.
Dave: "How can we make monkeys even MORE cool?".
Matt: "What the ***** for?".
Dave: "Lulz?".
Matt: "I'm down. Give it AIDS".
So next time that rampaging chimpanzee is eating your testicles, remember, it might have given you HIV too - and not the human kind. This ***** is MONKEY AIDS! - BushidoReverend, on 03/03/2009, -0/+10Not I.
However, I have learned a very interesting rule of thumb over my years of life:
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people." - inactive, on 03/03/2009, -0/+9are you guys under rthe impression that they are infecting these monkeys and then releasing them into the wild?
- Archer007, on 03/03/2009, -0/+9IN CAPS.
- joshmoney, on 03/03/2009, -0/+9Grenades ain't an explosion either, but it doesn't make much of a difference to the person it lands on.
- CannedMango, on 03/03/2009, -1/+9It means that those damn dirty chimps won't be able to sneer down on us way up from their HIV free perches.
- inactive, on 03/03/2009, -1/+9that might be the worst attempt at spelling necessary I have ever seen
- Hinducow28, on 03/03/2009, -0/+7Planet of the Apes meets Philadelphia
- Tichondrius74, on 03/03/2009, -0/+7It doesn't seem right but, if we didn't test monkeys than we would test it on humans. Which life is more important?
- icyfire111, on 03/03/2009, -0/+7nope, just gotta use protection.
- jshpro2, on 03/03/2009, -1/+7By then the monkeys will take down digg and replace it with climbb, and they will test HIV on us ( atleast in soviet russia )
- Rivetgeek, on 03/03/2009, -2/+8No it's not. Look at the Palins
- vuke69, on 03/03/2009, -0/+6Monkeys???
Surely you mean jungle kittens? - Emunator, on 03/03/2009, -0/+6I suppose this is what you'd call "revenge."
- MeatyMcBeef, on 03/03/2009, -0/+6* Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- NickLee808, on 03/03/2009, -1/+7And 24 days later…
- kalvinb, on 03/03/2009, -0/+5So they create a strain of the AIDS virus that can infect monkies (from the FA) "but the animal ultimately suppresses it"
So if really they'll have no idea if the treatments do anything unless the infection is suppressed significantly and consistantly faster than the natural suppression. So even if they found a cure that works in say 2 years they may not know it because the animal suppresses the virus naturally in maybe 6 months.
And since the monkey version of AIDS is not really the human version even if the medicine "works" in the monkey there's not really much of a guarantee that it will work in humans. - azureskies88, on 03/03/2009, -1/+6Are you guys under the impression that you are going to be raped by monkeys at any time in the future?
- gailkim, on 03/03/2009, -1/+6II find this strange since one common theory is that HIV originated in monkeys.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/06/06 ... - Neemzor, on 03/03/2009, -1/+6Yeah I was going to say the same! This is how the rage virus started. Now we just need PETA to go in there and save those monkeys!
- RADRaze2KX, on 03/03/2009, -0/+510 years from now, digg headline reading:
"Monkeys endangered thanks to human-engineered AIDS virus"
and then some smart ass will post a link to the original news story with cross-reference to this page.
I wonder if this comment will get dugg then? - timothycrash01, on 03/03/2009, -0/+5No, I think lasers are much more urgent.
- coheedcollapse, on 03/03/2009, -0/+5Yeah. I know monkeys are a lot harder to "lose" than bees, but any time I see experimentation this dangerous I immediately think of the Africanized Honey Bees that escaped that lab.
Not like the monkeys would have anywhere to go after escaping the place, it's just a frightening prospect modifying deadly diseases like this. - vuke69, on 03/03/2009, -0/+5Maybe this strain will go airborne. Doesn't that sound fun?
- zinc6471, on 03/03/2009, -1/+6reminds me of the killer bees....
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