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Angry_Millenial26 t1_ir2qxqo wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in An obscure family of viruses, already endemic in wild African primates and known to cause fatal Ebola-like symptoms in some monkeys, is “poised for spillover” to humans, according to a new research by giuliomagnifico

No one is having sex with monkeys… HIV came from people eating monkeys that had the disease

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Goatmanish t1_ir2u44z wrote

You're skipping a step there. It likely came from someone gathering bushmeat (apes in this case) who was bitten or cut while hunting or butchering the infected ape. It's not from eating them.

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