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The Practice Effect by David Brin5/19/2023 I remember long ago when HIV, the AIDS virus, had everyone so impressed with its subtlety and effectiveness of design. What was it Leslie Adgeson called you? The perfect master? The paragon of viruses? And what need had you of any other? You thought you’d evolved the perfect technique, didn’t you? Unlike TARP, you can’t bear exposure to air or heat or cold or acid or alkali. So you just stay the hell away from me, ALAS. Not with the blood supply in the state it’s in.Īnd anyway, I’ve got antibodies. All these tricks ought to slow you down when the time comes, as it’s sure to, sometime soon.Įven if it makes the difference between living and dying, there’s just no way I’ll let anyone stick a transfusion needle into my arm. Another one states that I’m a practicing, devout Christian Scientist. That’s why there’s a forged card in my wallet saying my blood group is AB Negative, and a MedicAlert tag warning that I’m allergic to penicillin, aspirin, and phenylalanine. You think you’re going to get me, don’t you? Well, you’ve got another think coming, ‘cause I’m ready for you.
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