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Originally posted by Rentboy
Mosquito nets are incredibly important though. Especially in Africa where HIV spreads so easily.
Oddly enough I was standing at a public urinal the other day and right in my face was a public noticeboard about chemical mosquito nets and how many lives they save yet cost so little. Sadly there wasnt anything better to look at so I actually read it.
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I was actually thinking about this just the other day. It never really occurred to me that HIV could possibly be spread via mosquitoes until recently. Is this possible? Likely?
I know HIV dies almost instantaneously when exposed to open air, but I think that has something to do with UV light. Does it survive inside the mosquito? If so, why isn't this a more publicized phenomenon in the US?