Just as rabies virus causes one to salivate and induces the urge to bite, what if...

[Guest]

The HIV increased the infected individuals sex drive?

[Mister Obvious]

Well duh.

How else is the virus supposed to replicate?

[Mister Obvious]

Kind of like how parasites cause the host to also become a parasite.

That's why there is a link between cannibalism and intestinal parasites.

[Mister Obvious]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-new...180954615/

http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/c...2/3/140369

https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/19/82562...sm-shrimps

[Guest]

Well duh.

How else is the virus supposed to replicate?

HIV does not increase sex drive. What if it did? What if it turned people into sex maniacs? It would be a nightmare.

[Mister Obvious]

There's really no proof that it doesn't...