HIV deniers
HIV deniers
#0HIV deniers
Posted: 9/5/06 at 8:04pm
HIV deniers
I read an article in Elle magazine about a woman that is HIV positive who is part of this group that believes that HIV does not cause AIDS, and that AIDS is not fatal or incurable. She had two children after she was diagnosed; her son is negative, but her 3 year old daughter died last year of what coroners diagnosed as PCP and other symptoms of pediatric AIDS, but her own alternative medicine doctor claims it was an allergic reaction to amoxicillin.
The article was weird enough, but going to the website of the group she runs was definitely disconcerting. Alternative medicine is one thing, but they believe 99.5% of Africans don't have AIDS, 75% of mothers don't transmit HIV to their children (and therefore, refuse testing and treatment for their children) and even claim that what is called AIDS is actually the result of taking HIV medications.
It's...definitely interesting.
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#1re: HIV deniers
Posted: 9/5/06 at 8:35pmSo is she in deep denial or is she just really, really stupid?
#3re: HIV deniers
Posted: 9/5/06 at 10:14pm
orange this is nothing new....if I recall some ACT-UP members believed this at one time, and some still do.
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#4re: HIV deniers
Posted: 9/5/06 at 10:23pm
The first time I heard about these people was about five or so years ago in a Mother Jones article I've linked below.
I'm all for asking questions and I'm all about believing whatever it is you need to believe to get through the day, but this line of thinking is so dangerous that it actually makes my body tense up when I read things about it. As a sexually active gay man who has been involved HIV positive men and lost friends to AIDS, I'm still going to err on the side of caution and believe that it can be transmitted via sexual activity continue to practice safe sex and get my quarterly HIV test.
I'm no shrink either, but my professional opinion of anyone who doesn't believe that HIV is a virus that can be transmitted sexually or that HIV doesn't cause AIDS is as crazy as a sh-t-house rat.
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#5re: HIV deniers
Posted: 9/5/06 at 10:58pmElphaba, the article did say it had been around for awhile. The group this woman runs is looking to start a support group in Zambia- a country where the average lifespan is under 30 due to AIDS and myths like sleeping with a virgin will cure you are still widely believed. It's dangerous enough in America, but in a sub-Saharan country, the potential is devastating.
Wanting life but never knowing how
#6re: HIV deniers
Posted: 9/6/06 at 10:38amah, that is, of course, different skittles.....
#7re: HIV deniers
Posted: 9/6/06 at 2:38pmAlso, the world is flat and tomatoes are poisonus.
I remember days
Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
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And Starbucks will use the words 'large' and 'small', not pretentious crap like grande and tall.
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"You could get away with anything if you call it art and tell people who don't like it that it's cutting edge culture." --vmlinnie
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#8re: HIV deniers
Posted: 9/6/06 at 2:47pm... and Michael Jackson is black.
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#9re: HIV deniers
Posted: 9/6/06 at 2:50pmI wonder if Tom Cruise believes this?
I remember days
Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
And Starbucks will use the words 'large' and 'small', not pretentious crap like grande and tall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You could get away with anything if you call it art and tell people who don't like it that it's cutting edge culture." --vmlinnie
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#10re: HIV deniers
Posted: 9/6/06 at 7:40pmI think it was Di2.
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