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HIV/AIDS - Getting a Handle on the Crisis
Generally accepted and reappraisal views |
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Generally Accepted View |
As I read, it appeared that in almost 20 years of research, no causal connection has ever been established between HIV and AIDS. And secondly, people were dying from AIDS who were in fact HIV negative. Then I read several articles by immunologists and virologists who disputed the connection between HIV and AIDS and that those who were in the opposing camp (allegedly my camp) would not debate or answer the claims. I was beginning to realize that there was a fight going on between two groups who believed fervently in their view of reality. What was becoming clearer the more I read was that one side had amassed a lot of facts which did not add up and a lot of questions, and the other responded as if to say 'this is the way it is, and if you don't accept it than you are on the outside. From a scientific standpoint, it was disturbing. Then it became clear that the tests being used to establish whether or not a person had HIV which was supposed to cause AIDS were inaccurate and were not even supposed to test for HIV but for the existance of antibodies which were not even specific to the HIV virus if it existed. Further, it appears that a whole list of conditions, diseases, and substances can cause the production of the same results (HIV positive). Added to this was the fact that those drugs, which in some cases were being forced on people, had many very serious side effects and that in some cases themselves may have been the cause of death. AZT had been developed to kill cancer cells in the lab only. Studies used to determine the value of specific drugs in combating HIV and the onset of AIDS have been flawed in major ways totally invalidating the findings. But the advocates and the drug companies have brushed these aside and continued to recommend their use regardless. The last straw perhaps was when I learned that on the basis of inaccurate tests for HIV, children were forcibly taken from mothers who refused to give antiviral drugs to their babies, and HIV positive mothers were being persuaded not to breast feed. Further, there was a plan to give drugs to all pregnant women on the basis of even less evidence than the tests, for instance in Africa, and mothers who are HIV positive are to be given the drug Nevirapine during the birth process and the baby to be given the drug after birth - a drug for which we have insufficient knowledge as to its effects, its ability to actually reduce the transmission of AIDS from mother to child. All of this places this site in a difficult position. We want to provide the knowledge necessary to be of some help in the current crisis. However, it is becoming evident that even if the recipient countries of the current campaign are helped in some way, the help may fail simply because it is given for the wrong reasons or the emphasis is being put in the wrong place, placing many individuals at risks they would not otherwise face. There are many other things which can be done to help the situation without resorting to the use of toxic drugs, and a definition with its stigma which may in fact be inaccurate at best and destructive at its worst. What is desperately needed is someone who has the power to clarify the situation, to call for the conduct of well run truly scientific studies, to adequately question the basis of the theory, and to call for a full independent evaluation of the tests used to establish HIV and on the real effect of the drugs which are being prescribed. This must be someone from within the so called 'AIDS establishment' who has the authority to call for such measures and with the participation of both sides, to set the record straight for this and future generations. In the meantime, we have decided to present both sides - the currently accepted view (<- index at top left), and the dissenting view (index at top right ->) in the hope that some good will ensue for those who will be the main subjects of what would appear to be a heartrending experiment for many individuals involved. |
Reappraisal View HIV/AIDS Controversy Index Reassessing HIV/AIDS In-depth examination Sites for Help & Info Drug reappraisal HIV/AIDS drugs What is AIDS HIV: How contagious HIV/AIDS symptoms What can be done What can I do AIDS News Sites |
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