"Inventing the Aids Virus" / Duesberg

[Ed Rybicki]

> From:          marnix at u.washington.edu (Marnix Bosch)
> Subject:       Re: "Inventing the Aids Virus"  Duesberg

> In article <maga-1305961905510001 at 130.60.120.20>, maga at vetbio.unizh.ch
> (Giovanni Maga) wrote:
> 
> > In article <3193B8FB.DF6 at email.corenet.net>, Rich Gillard
> > <rgillard at email.corenet.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > I've recently started the book "Inventing the Aids Virus", I would like 
...
> > The theory of Duesberg is routinely discussed in bionet. molbio.hiv,
> > especially thanks to his supporter Dr. Todd Miller. It has already been
> > discussed here also..... I
> > sincerely suggest you to read those, better before you read on the book.
...
> There is very little enthusiasm, to state it mildly, regarding discussion
> of Duesberg's theory in bionet.molbio.hiv, and please do not move this
> discussion there. A better place is misc.health.aids. 

Seconded - and in any case, ALL of the "HIV doesn't cause AIDS
proponents are so obsessed with the N American epidemic (and maybe
the European, if they can see that far) - which, of course, is 
largely limited to gays and IV drug abusers - that they totally 
ignore the African and Asian epidemics.  Where the people affected 
are overwhelmingly heterosexuals, where amyl nitrate has never been 
heard of, and no one other factor than HIV could possibly be said to 
be common among them.  So the theory (hypothesis?) is mildly 
interesting, but mostly as something that can be refuted without 
trying too hard.


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