>Carol:
>Or "Steven BS Harris", as he is not-so-affectionately known. :D

He does put a burr in the butt of many, no? ;)

>Kirt:
>> It makes little difference to me whether aids is caused by HIV.
>
>Carol:
>That's fine, but you might change your tune if you were forced to
>give your happy newborn baby a course of highly toxic AZT just
>because of a positive result on a flawed test.

I agree.

>Carol:
>By "Berkeley geneticist", did you mean Duesberg?  He is actually a
>retrovirologist, but that's beside the point.

Thanks for the correction.

>It seems that there
>are many folks who know of no other AIDS dissident besides Duesberg
>and many who glom onto his ideas without much analysis.  But that
>doesn't mean that he hasn't anything good to say.  I encourage people
>to look at Duesberg and other AIDS dissidents for themselves.  They
>aren't all saying the same thing.  (I like Robert Root-Bernstein the
>best, myself.)

You sound quite reasonable. I would be interested in where you find the
flaws in  Harris' article.

>> And speaking of TC Fry...;)
>
>Personally, I think Mr. Fry was a complete kook, but I have to admit
>that I've read only one of his books.

Yippie! If you think TC is a kook, then I'll take your HIV stance much more
seriously....

Cheers,
Kirt

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