Hi Lynton,

I'm back...for a short while..happened to have a bit of
spare time on my hands tonight. ;-)

> So is it possible to be diagnosed AIDS positive while being HIV negative?

The tests differ from country to country..but those used in the
"western world" are considered reliable (but not 100%). Sadly,
even many of those who have refused all treatment have died of
the disease (whatever it is). NH "fanatics" (and I am honestly not
a NH fanatic) claim that no virus is a problem. I will reserve
my judgement on that one. Even my old friend (from our FIDO
days) Peter Duesberg backed down on infecting himself with HIV.

> Or must HIV always be positive for them to call it AIDS?
>  I'm not trying to imply causation here, I just want to understand more
> about the way they do it.
>
> (In a way its a bit ambiguous do you think? that they are saying its "immune
> deficiency" yet the test for HIV is antibodies, which are produced by the
> immune system - huh?
>
> Lynton
> ps I'd rather be talking about Chlamidia ;)

Welllll....when unhealthy people travel to tropical countries or
keep parrots.........

Alan