Editing Legacy Virus (section)

==Description==
The Legacy Virus, contrary to the name, was a [[viroid]] and was released by [[Stryfe]], a [[terrorist]] and clone of [[Cable (character)|Cable]] from approximately 2,000 years in the future. It originally existed in two forms, '''Legacy-1''' and '''Legacy-2''', which specifically affected mutants. After interacting with [[Infectia]]'s abilities, the virus mutated into a third form, '''Legacy-3''', that was capable of infecting humans.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Kevin |date=November 22, 2020 |title=Legacy Virus: How the X-Men Beat Their Deadliest Threat |url=https://www.cbr.com/legacy-virus-x-men-threat/ |access-date=March 21, 2025 |website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]] |language=en}}</ref>

The Legacy Virus is strongly suggested to be an allegory for the [[Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS|AIDS epidemic]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Angela |date=March 27, 2024 |title=The X-Men Have Always Been "Woke" – & Their Most Controversial '90s Storyline Proves It |url=https://screenrant.com/xmen-woke-criticism-1990s-legacy-virus-story-aids/ |access-date=March 21, 2025 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Nicholas |date=November 30, 2021 |title=Did Marvel Really Make the X-Men Immune to AIDS? |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-made-xmen-immune-aids/ |access-date=March 21, 2025 |website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Horbelt |first=Stephan |date=November 30, 2021 |title=Nearly 30 Years Ago, This 'X-Men' Comics Storyline Was a Powerful Allegory for HIV |url=https://hornet.com/stories/x-men-legacy-virus/ |access-date=March 21, 2025 |website=Hornet |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Jonathan |date=July 19, 2021 |title=X-Men: 10 Comic Narratives That Mirrored Real World Issues |url=https://www.cbr.com/x-men-comic-narratives-mirrored-real-issues/ |access-date=March 21, 2025 |website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]] |language=en}}</ref> Although all strains of the Legacy Virus were more dangerous than [[HIV/AIDS|HIV]], they shared similar symptoms such as lesions, fever, fatigue, and coughing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Donohoo |first=Timothy Blake |date=March 21, 2024 |title=The X-Men Are Coming to the MCU, But Two Major Mutant Concepts Need to be Updated |url=https://www.cbr.com/mcu-x-men-genosha-legacy-virus-fox-mistakes/ |access-date=March 21, 2025 |website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ayres |first=Jackson |date=September 21, 2016 |title=The X-Men and the Legacy of AIDS |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/x-men-legacy-aids/ |access-date=November 10, 2022 |website=[[Los Angeles Review of Books]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stroude |first=Will |date=July 16, 2019 |title=From the Legacy Virus to Iceman: A brief history of X-Men's LGBTQ evolution |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sexuality/from-the-legacy-virus-to-iceman-a-brief-history-of-x-mens-lgbtq-evolution-299335/ |access-date=March 21, 2025 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Prefore |first=Charles |date=April 14, 2020 |title=How Marvel's Worst Virus Changed The X-MEN Forever |url=https://screenrant.com/xmen-legacy-virus-marvel/ |access-date=March 21, 2025 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |language=en}}</ref> In addition, comics featuring the Legacy Virus illustrated the similar social impact of the further isolation of a stigmatized group.