Disease

There are some people out in the world that would say that disease is not a creation of Mother Nature but instead a man made disease.  The accusers say that the human immunodefiency virus (HIV) was a manmade virus created by a secret agency. It was said that it was created as a tool of genocide or population control. Others believe it was created as an experiment in biological warfare and that the virus escaped into the public. Some will claim that the virus was giving to African American and homosexuals through hepatitis vaccinations. The last two ideas were that it was part of a diabolical plan to exterminate the black race and that it was released in Africa to slow its development.   

The HIV virus.

However incredible these accusations sound, I believe none of them are right and here’s why. I believe that a secret agency has more important things to worry about than making a genocidal virus such as finding criminals or protecting classified information and gathering data. If Edward Snowden hasn’t said anything on the topic, it’s more than likely that it isn’t a man made disease. As for a tool for population control it doesn’t seem very likely to me that the government would use a method this inefficient. Contraception and abstinence are much more effective and much less gruesome strategies in my opinion. The idea that it escaped from a lab is a bit ridiculous because of all the safety precautions that would be put in place to prevent such an event.   The idea that it was administered to African Americans and homosexuals through infected needles isn’t crazy, but the idea that the disease was only created for that purpose is simply preposterous. If HIV was created simply to exterminate the black race it would never complete that goal. 

A boy with higher levels of melanin, natures sunscreen.

Those who live in warmer climates have darker skin for a reason, to protect them from the sun. As long as there are people that live in warm climates there skin will begin to darken throughout their future generations. So in the big picture it wouldn’t matter how much one tries to eliminate the race because it will survive, because life always finds a way. Finally the development of Africa wasn’t slowed by a disease, was slowed by external forces taking Africa’s natural resource and not sharing them with the public, it was shared with only a select few who became dictators and brought pain and suffering to these regions. These are the reasons I believe HIV isn’t man made; I believe the way it came to be was that someone attempted to have intercourse with the hypothesized source, chimpanzees. 

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories#Creation_of_diseases

              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanin