Why can’t mosquitos transmit HIV to humans?

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I’ve long known that mosquitos cannot transmit HIV to human beings, but has anyone ever considered this theory?

If an HIV infected person was standing beside of an HIV negative person, and a mosquito flys over and bites the HIV positive person, and then seconds later, that exact same mosquito flys over to the HIV negative person and begins to bite them. Why can’t the HIV positive blood remain infectious on the mouthparts (needle, feeding apparatus) of the mosquito and infect the HIV negative person? Think of it like a flying hypodermic needle/syringe! Keep in mind, only a few seconds have passed between the two bites. Let’s hear it!

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I know this is not the topic but why mosquitos didn’t evolve or learn not to go near the human head/ear. I mean I wouldn’t bother to get up from the bed to kill them if they would just go to my feet or something. But when I hear that buzz next to my head, it is showtime.

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