HIV is evolving to become less deadly, and may eventually become almost harmless

[LVL FACTORY]

The monkeys that transmitted the disease to us when those fools ate uncooked monkey, the virus doesn't do shit

[Big Dumb Patriot]

At what point can we expect to see humanity doing the same thing?

[BCell]

Ever wonder why good bacteria and viruses lived longer? They don't behave like parasites and kill the host. Of course this is too good to be true..

[Erfly]

[QUOTE=BCell;46620214]Ever wonder why good bacteria and viruses lived longer? They don't behave like parasites and kill the host. Of course this is too good to be true..[/QUOTE]

Well, humans are practically symbiotic with bacteria (and some viruses) in the gut.

[Ragekipz]

[QUOTE=sltungle;46617816]That's what evolution is. Evolution is just the compounding result of many generations of natural selection.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, for it to continue to be strong, it would need to develop better ways of infecting.

[teslacoil]

So, in the future HIV is going to be just like the Herpes virus: working in in conjunction with the immune system to protect itself, while we treat the symptoms?

Neat.