Stephen Russell wrote: > <http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2009/aug/10/flying-needles-mosquitoes-deliver-malaria-bites/> > >
Hi Stephen, It is an often asked question, seems obvious, actually. The official answer, however, is "no". The explanation of that "no" is that the AIDS virus is too large for the insect to deliver through her salivary glands *and* even if it were not too large the incubation period is so long that the mosquito would die before the virus developed in her system. Now what if the mosquito were to nail an AIDS guy and then fly directly to you and stick her sticker into you in less than a minute? There wouldn't be enough blood in the little mosquito mouth to carry the infection *and* she doesn't inject blood anyway but rather swallows it, injecting only saliva. Still gives you the creeps, doesn't it? Even if the mosquito could transmit AIDS the government would have a huge incentive to deny it! *If* the mosquito could and the government *admitted* it then they would either have to do something about AIDS or do something about mosquitoes. They aren't anywhere close to doing either. -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
