Quote Originally Posted by Old Sloppy View Post
I agree with you completely....
I just want to add that I saw a medical show, they stated they had a petri dish ( spelling? ) sitting on a window shelf for 2 weeks and the HIV was still active........


Harry
Yes that is certainly possible although highly unlikely. It also depends very much on what the HIV viral particles/cells were cultured with/placed on inside the petri dish.

Typically though you only see bacteria or fungus being cultured on something like a petri dish (at least in my experiences)...Viruses are usually cultured directly in live animals or eggs, or a nutrient broth of some sort typically in a test tube.