There are numerous conspiracies as to the origins of the AIDS virus. The most popular theory is that it was created in a military lab by the United States government. The purpose of the virus was twofold: 1) as a political/ethnic weapon against Africans and "lower races" and 2) as a tool for depopulation.

It is also widely believed that the virus was introduced into the population through Hepatitis B experiments that were performed on gay and bisexual men in the late 70s. The official stance of the scientific community is that AIDS originated in African in the 1930s from the closely related Simian Immunodeficiency Virus.