There is a lot of discussion, particularly amongst the alternative therapies community about the whole HIV/AIDS hypothesis. A number of scientific papers by eminent scientists and books have been written, debunking the whole HIV/AIDS theory.
To understand the situation better, it is best to take a look at the history of how it came about. In the 1960’s, Nixon declared war on cancer. At that time it was believed that cancer might be caused by a category of viruses know as retro-viruses. This was because retro-viruses cause cells to multiply (with cancer, cells multiply out of control). The US spent about 20 years and 20 billion dollars investigating retro-viruses and cancer, yet could not find a single clinically significant retro-virus. Job prospects for retro-virologists were looking rather bleak.
However, the French came to the rescue in the early 1980’s when they were studying a group of homosexuals suffering from an immune deficiency and also (conveniently) some of them had traces of a retro-virus. Samples were sent to the American retro-virologists. This consequently led to one of these retro-virologists, Dr Robert Galo, announcing that he had found the cause of AIDS. Subsequent studies found that 99 to 100% of the French homosexuals who were found to have this immune deficiency where abusing amole nitrates (poppers), which give men a more intense orgasm. At that time (the 80’s) taking poppers was quite common in the gay community, which was just really starting to open up in a big way and fight for gay rights.
It is important to note here that poppers are a known immune system suppressant. If you use them continually, you will acquire an immune deficiency however healthy you may be now.
Another very important point to note is that only about 40% of the homosexuals in the French study actually had traces of the retro-virus.
To sum up, 99 to 100% of the study group were abusing a known immune suppressant, whilst only about 40% had traces of a retro-virus that 20 years and $20billion found clinically insignificant. Despite this and the fact that Dr Robert Galo was later found guilty of scientific fraud for taking credit for the French discovery, the US government declared war on HIV/AIDs and a huge gravy train was gathering momentum.
Those of us around in the 80’s will recall that AIDS was primarily associated with gay people and drug addicts at the time. As discussed, drugs will lower your immune system so that would account for drug addicts and the gay people who were using poppers acquiring an immune deficiency. As much of mainstream society back then was intolerant of the fledgling gay rights movement, and drug users have never been popular; it made them easy targets to blame for what was perceived as a new oncoming epidemic. I don’t remember the figures, but it was predicted back in the 80’s that AIDS would be killing off masses all over the globe by now. Being able to blame unpopular groups in society helped the gravy train to build up even more speed as the rest of us would need to be saved from them.
Then it all gets a lot better . . . . not.
The first main drug used to treat anybody diagnosed as HIV positive was AZT. Bearing in mind that HIV is supposed to damage your immune system, AZT was originally created as a form of chemotherapy. So what does chemotherapy do to your immune system? It devastates it.
Furthermore, AZT had (during the war on cancer) been rejected as it was excessively toxic (even by chemotherapy standards). So if you were HIV positive at that time, you would be given a drug that would lead you to acquire an immune deficiency.
6 responses so far ↓
Mark // June 25, 2008 at 3:36 am
You are falling into the same trap that denialists have fallen into. Your blog post could not be any more incorrect…HIV is real…its effects are real and it is not caused by abusing drugs as you and denialists contend. Hopefully your blog sees very little traffic because you are misleading many people. Talk only of what you know…and remember it is not rectovirus…that mistake in and of itself makes me question your credibility.
charliedw // June 25, 2008 at 9:54 am
Hi Mark
Thank for you comment and for correcting my typo. I knew when I put the posting on my blog that it would probably be contentious for some people. However, having had a friend is HIV positive, I made a point of finding out more, beyond the party line. This is something that I feel passionately about. As I have mentioned in my posting, eminent scientist have written papers & a number of books have been written on the subject, so it is not something that I made up on my own. It is however something that I made a point of learning about.
I firmly believe that anybody affected by HIV/AIDS has the right to hear both sides of the story and to make their own mind up. I do not try to silence people like you (I authorised your comment), so I do not think that people like me should be silenced. People diagnosed HIV postive have the right to decide for themselves.
In my posting, I have given reasons for my beliefs. As I have provided a logical argument, I don’t think that I am a “denialist”, I consider myself to be a logical realist (who happens to have a different point of view from you). You have not addressed any of the arguments that I have included. You have chosen instead to attack my personal credibility and wish me ill-will towards the success of my blog (which is actually growing in readership all the time).
I have always been ready to engage in debate. I respect your view point and ask you to respect mine. As I feel passionately about this subject there will be a further posting on it. I would appreciate it if any further comments would be kept less personal in nature. That said, please keep posting
PS: My friend is still going strong almost 20 years after being diagnosed HIV positive.
Tony Isaacs // June 29, 2008 at 9:13 pm
In my opinion quality colloidal silver is excellent to use for those who are HIV positive. Perhaps the best thing to come along for HIV is an extract of the common oleander plant with the toxins removed. A herbal supplement based on such an extract has been 100% successful in reversing HIV symptoms (primarily CD4 counts).
For more information see:
Success Against HIV and Cancer in South Africa
http://www.naturalnews.com/023206.html
And for more information about oleander itself, see the oleander series of articles at:
http://www.tbyil.com/articles.htm
charliedw // June 29, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Tony
Thank you for your comment. I have had a quick look at the websites that you quote and they look interesting. You are obviously in natural health like me.
Charlie
Banana // October 23, 2008 at 2:30 pm
So are you trying to tell us Amole Nitrate abuse is common in Africa - hence the huge problem with HIV there?
charliedw // October 23, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Hi Banana
No, I am not suggesting that at all. Amole Nitrate abuse is also linked with Kaposi’s Sarcoma. That is a form of wasting cancer where you get liesions on your body (as portrayed by Tom Hanks in the film Philidephia). This complaint is not common in Africa, but in the 1980’s was almost the signature of AIDS in the West.
AIDS suffers in Africa tend to show the symptons of parasitic infection, malnutrition and startvation. Now there’s a surprise for Africa!
Why would a disease like AIDS have different symptons on different continents? That does not make scientific sense.
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