HIV denialism

A woman and her daughter...

The woman was an HIV denialist.

She passed HIV onto her daughter who died. Then she died.

And "Mothering" magazine is still trying to kill children.

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That hasn't stopped the denialists, though. They're going strong and getting stupider by the minute:

Deepak Chopra has been praising Luc Montagnier, the Nobel prize winning co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus, for tumbling down the walls of science — which ought to be enough to condemn the poor guy right there. But I had to take a look at exactly what Montagnier is claiming, and I'm afraid the only thing tumbling is his credibility.

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Awesome, isn't it? He uses a laptop PC with a Soundblaster audio card for analog to digital signal conversion, plugged into a hifi amplifer, which is in turn hooked up to a coil of copper wire. A vial contain the solution to be tested is dropped into the coil. Un-freaking-believable.

Pharyngula


HIV denialism is popular. Pop stars have played benefits for it. I won't even bother to mention how popular it is in parts of Africa right now, along with witchcraft, exorcism, etc., all bolstered by big-name American evangelists.

"The death of one is a tragedy, the death of millions just a statistic"—Marilyn Manson