I don't get why this is a conspiracy?

Unless it's my own DNA that is conspiring? :stoned:

I'm happy it jumped from SIV via the bushmeat trade, if you study HIV this would be a common conclusion - to be honest there is more fun for us down the road (wrt Viruses) imho.

We are about to start implanting humans with animal organs. The possibilities for recombinant DNA viruses emerging and all hell-knows-what-else will bring the Gaia concept into a reality and kicking our front door in.

Viruses are (to an extent) a level of biological control - but we are way past that level of influence because of our technology. Two-fold we steer viruses from their natural path - we have on the one hand great medical advancements - but we also have great travel and communications, we could spread a virus better now than ever before.