HIV
People should stop believing that HIV came from having sex with a monkey because the virus was not sexually transmitted in chimpanzees. In terms of study, there is a big biological difference between human beings and chimpanzees. HIV was sexually transmitted in humans. It was also transmitted through mother to baby during pregnancy, using unclean needles or unscreened blood; communities and societies later developed the myth on sexual transmission from monkeys to humans. However, the truth is that the virus moved from monkeys to humans through the traditional lifestyle of living in forests and eating bush meat. (Gao, F.et al 1999). These immoral activities of the people made HIV mutate into a sexually transmitted virus. Furthermore, humans and chimpanzees interacted with a human being in terms of hunting. Human beings hunted them and ate them, making it difficult to transmit HIV in the communities. Nevertheless, it is true that due to globalization, some countries passed laws allowing sex with animals to attract tourists majorly, but it was not in all countries. Additionally, people in those countries understood the biological differences between animals and humans and could not engage in sex. Sex involves a series of intrapersonal and interpersonal emotional activities that can only sync between animals of the same species as they can effectively communicate their emotions. Capitalize communities and different groups of people also have a certain level of sex appetite and satisfaction, enshrined in the teachings passed from generation to generation. Humans and chimpanzees have a different biological and emotional setup making it difficult for them to engage in any sexual interaction. In conclusion, people need to stop believing in the myth that someone transmitted HIV after having had sex with a monkey.
Reference
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Faria, N.R. et al. (2014). The early spread and epidemic ignition of HIV-1 in human populations science 346(p205):56-61