The End of the Hunt for HIV?

News comes today that scientists believe they have tracked down the original source of the HIV pandemic – two colonies of chimpanzees in Cameroon. Striking to think that a virus that originated there now infects over 40 million people worldwide. One hopes that the search for the cure will also produce results.

 

Meanwhile, in related news, the power of delusion remains strong in some – but the sad fact is that it kills needlessly.