There's some headlines that are coming out that have us all falling off our chairs.

We really don't know what to make of them.

I did some digging into it.

So these are the headlines that are coming out just this week.

Discovery of HIV variant shows virus can evolve to be more severe and contagious.

So there was a recent cluster of about 17 samples, according to this article, that showed

a lot of unusual mutations.

15 of those samples came from the Netherlands.

And there was a study that was done.

So this study co-author, it says in this article here, his name is Chris Wyment.

He's from the University of Oxford.

He and his co-authors wanted to know more.

So they dived into another Dutch study with more data.

They discovered a total of 109 people who had this particular variant and never knew it.

Dating all the way back to 1992, the variant probably emerged in the late 80s.

Wyment says picking up steam around 2000 and then eventually slowing down around 2010.

Goes on to say, people with this variant have a viral load that is 3 to 4 times higher

than usual for those with HIV.

This characteristic means the virus progresses into serious illness twice as fast and also

makes it more contagious.

So stopping right there, when we're reading this, you start scratching your head because

you go, wait a minute, these people have been carrying this highly contagious variant

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