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Name: kingdbm
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Date: Around 1993
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What happens to the AIDS virus when the host body dies?


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It will live until either the cells actually die and decompose, or until (most likely) it is killed by the embalming chemicals used to preserve the body, or by the heat of cremation. Rarely, it might find a new host.

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