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I just have a few comments to make - I really appreciate that you are trying to help break down the myths of HIV/AIDs, but there are a few facts of yours that are not correct. I am a trained HIV/AIDS educator by the American Red Cross so I feel I should help First of all, HIV is spread through the contact of 4 bodily fluids - Blood, Semen, Breast Milk and Vaginal Fluids. This is VERY IMPORTANT so please do not leave the latter two out when trying to educate people. This is once again just spreading more misconceptions. Also, HIV can progress to AIDS sooner than "8-10" years. If a person takes longer than 10 years they are called "long-term non-progressors" Also HIV can survive outside of the body until the liquid dries. Coming in contact with a little blood, semen, breast milk or vaginal fluid that belongs to an infected person is still a very, very rare way of transmitting the virus because there is hardly ever enough of the virus present. To spread HIV, there must first be the virus, there must be a way for it to get into your body (it is not able to go through skin unless there is an open cut) and there must be enough of the dose (viral load) or else your body will fight it off. If you have any questions please ask! Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedNo you cannot get HIV from a mosquito for many reasons: First, a mosquito is taking blood out of you not putting it in you. Second, If a mosquito sucked the blood of someone with HIV it wouldn't transmit it to you because it is proven that a mosquito will digest it's food before biting another Now in the case that you splat it, you won't get HIV because there would not be enough of the virus present in such a small amount for you to contract the virus