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Let's say that HIV isn't treated at all: wouldn't the whole human race die out? | Let's say that HIV isn't treated at all: wouldn't the whole human race die out? | ||
No. For instance, every 10th European is naturally immune against HIV. So if we had a real plague, only the immune people would survive, and in the future HIV would be a far smaller problem. | No. For instance, [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050325234239.htm every 10th European is naturally immune against HIV.] So if we had a real plague, only the immune people would survive, and in the future HIV would be a far smaller problem. | ||
A historical example of this kind of immunization is the Spanish Flu from 1918, which was the most catastrophic disease in human history so far. The price, immunity, came at the cost of a gigantic mountain of corpses, more than 50 million dead people if you trust the recent estimates. | A historical example of this kind of immunization is the Spanish Flu from 1918, which was the most catastrophic disease in human history so far. The price, immunity, came at the cost of a gigantic mountain of corpses, more than 50 million dead people if you trust the recent estimates. | ||