HIV DENIAL OR INFORMED AIDS DISSENT?
DID YOU KNOW hundreds of dissenting or dissident scientists, including
Nobel Laureates and members of the National Academy of Sciences,
confirming alternative medicine's long questioning of the virus/germ mode
or 'one-cause, one-course' drug-based model, are calling into question
the
dominant, conventional pharmaceutically-based scientific and medical
hypothesis for the alleged viral pathogenesis and progression of
'HIV=AIDS?'
Dissidents dissent from a legitimate scientific and medical bases as to
the causatives and curatives for 29 previously known and unrelated 'AIDS'
clinically redefined illnesses, all of which occur in those
diagnosed'HIV'
non-specific antibody negative. So, besides the definition and diagnosis
of what is called 'AIDS' Dissidents are also challenging the accuracy and
specifity of the 'HIV' non-specific antibody tests to measure infection
with any virus since there are over 60+ known cross-reactors from
pregnancy to the flu to immunizations to hepatitis to transfusions and on
and on. For these reasons and more, we call for a free scientific inquiry
and exchange at conferences and in college prep and continuing education
courses, letting others know of the conflicts in research methodologies
and ideologies which prevent our progress in the knowledge about the
health of persons given an 'HIV/AIDS' [mis]diagnosis.
We endorse a multi-factorial approach to immune suficiency and
sustainability in addressing the oxidative stressors including
physical[malnutrition], chemical[toxicologic], biological[dis-ease],
psychological[chronic stress], and spiritual[religious reconciling]-- of
which 'HIV' non-specific, non-confirmatory marker positivity is no
reliable indicator of worthiness or wellness.
We are disbelievers in a '[SAME]SEXUAL=SIN=SICKNESS' mindset having lead
for many to the unquestioned acceptance of the 'HIV=AIDS=DEATH' paradigm.
We endorse proportionate access to alternative health care for the
50%-2/3
of those 'HIV/AIDS' diagnosed which the HHS says are not in 'HIV'
Specialist Care and who may not choose to access due to their health care
philosophy and practise. We also endorse a model of competition within
our
health care system to break up the current model of monopoly of
conventional, pharmaceutically-based medicine.
BEYOND FLAT EARTH MEDICINE
How popular consensus and the medical establishment have often stubbornly
clung to the wrong ideas, unable to think outside the box. When medically
'correct' wasn't always.
A Brief History of Mismanaged Epidemics
[Disease]---[Popular Consensus]---[Actual Cause]
Scurvy------Contagious---Malnutrition: Vitamin C deficiency
Beri-beri---Contagious---Malnutrition: Thiamin deficiency
Maternal Fever---Non-contagious---Contagious: Unsanitary doctor practices
Influenza---Bacteria---Virus
Pellagra----Contagious---Malnutrition: Niacin deficiency
SMON(1950s-70s, Japan)---New Virus---Iatrogenic: Pharmaceutically induced
In science as in the law, the affirmative theory bears the burden of
proof
for establishing itself. Those who critique it's establishment in fact,
are not required to reprove or replace another theory of it's aetiology,
especially when immune dysfunction has a multi-factorially influenced set
of unrelated conditions, or according to Alternative Medicine, all
illness/wellness is on a continuum and the result of immune sufficiency
or
deficiency.
Alternative Medicine has long questioned the virus/germ mode or
'one-cause, one-course' drug-based model or theory of illness which is
confirmed by the work of hundreds of AIDS Dissident Scientists, including
Nobel Laureates, Members of the National Academy of Sciences and pioneers
in their fields. Many often disconnect the alternative theories of
diagnosis[PHILOSOPHY] from the alternative therapies of
treatment[PRACTISE]-- in how Alternative Medicine differentially
diagnoses
the individual and treats using a holistic, multi-factorial or
'many-causes, many-courses' approache to illness. They treat the
underlying causes of symptoms, not diagnosing/treating diseases and
certainly not diagnosing/treating syndromes, which are a 'catch-all' of
redefined classifications or catagories of conditions. And therefore,
Alternative Medicine does not generally recognize conventional disease
classifications.
"For disease, all experience shows, are adjectives, not noun
substantives."
"There are no specific diseases: there are [only] specific disease
conditions
[or states of dis-ease]."
Florence Nightingale (Nursing Pioneer, Disease Dissident)
Interesting that AIDS Apologists, or those who defend or defer to the
affirmative statement or new theory, in this case the 'HIV=AIDS'
hypothesis, often compare AIDS Dissidents with Flat Earthers, but Galileo
was a Dissident, the Flat Earthers were the mainstream scientific
establishment.
There is a famous story about Galileo, that is relevant here, I think.
Galileo was in trouble with the Church authorities, for his observation
of
Jupiter's moons, through his telescope. (The four moons that he saw are
traditionally called the "Galilean" moons, after their discoverer.)
Anyway, he offered to let an influential member of the Clergy look
through
the telescope at these moons, so that said clergyman would see what
Galileo had seen. This pious man refused, saying that as long as he did
not look, his religious faith could remain intact.
Sadly, we are dealing with a kind of medical "church", regarding the HIV
theory; its members do not want their faith shaken (or stirred! :-) )
Scurvy was thought to be transmitted by a microbe for 200 years even
while
Dissident Scientists were arguing it was a Vitamin C deficiency. The
implication was that Seamen or Sailors engaged in 'buggary' were sexually
transmissing a 'bug.' Homosexuality was deemed a psychiatric disorder by
the medical and scientific establishment until 1973, a decade later the
medical diagnosis of GRID-- Gay Related Immune Dysfunction was described
in the literature.
AIDS DISSIDENT SCIENTIFIC SUMMARY ANALYSIS
what is hiv?
No laboratory has ever obtained an undisputed sample of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), despite countless attempts. Most
laboratories, clinics and medical corporations have come to accept
indirect signs, or 'markers', such as antibody reactions, proteins,
genetic fragments, 'virus-like' particles, enzymes - that could suggest a
virus but also other things - as proving the presence and existence of an
'HIV'.
If such a virus were ever isolated by standards applicable until the late
1970s, the expectations are that it would be a retrovirus - a concept of
viruses adopted in the early 1970s. The genetic code of a retrovirus
would
work 'backwards' - 'retro' - transforming RNA to DNA. Most retroviruses
are known as harmless passenger viruses a part of all of endogenous or
naturally occuring genetic make-up. 'HIV' has never been found in
suficient quantities to kill T-Cells and in fact there is no concensus
even after 20+ years as to 'HIV's cytotoxic or cell killing mechanism.
For
a decade, researchers thought cancer was caused by a retrovirus.
Professor
Peter Duesberg, UC Berkeley, isolated the first retrovirus and is a
Father
of Retrovirology says 'HIV' is a harmless passenger virus that does not
cause the syndrome known as 'AIDS.'
In 1984 some signs suggesting a possible new virus were detected in cell
cultures by the scientific teams of Frenchman Luc Montagnier in Paris,
and
American Robert Gallo in Washington, who were trying to explain a single
cause for 'AIDS'. The French called their findings Lymphadenopathy
Associated Virus (LAV), the Americans called theirs Human T-cell
Lymphotrophic Virus III (HTLV-III). The US Government announced at a
press
conference in 1984 that a new virus was "the probable cause of AIDS," yet
before any scientific papers inviting peer scrutiny were published. When
such papers appeared in Science some weeks later, a dispute erupted
between Montagnier and Gallo. Gallo was found guilty of scientific
misconduct by a Senate Ethics Committee, for misappropriating material
and
photographs of 'virus- like' particles from the French. Because of the
financial stakes - Gallo and the US government applied for a patent for
tests for 'HIV' the day of the press conference - the matter was
eventually solved only by a closed meeting between the scientists which
produced an official history of events, and a meeting between the US and
French Presidents.
However, neither Gallo nor Montagnier ever managed to purify samples of
the virus they claimed to have detected. Many scientists believe that
without fulfiling this traditional primary requirement of virus
isolation,
multiple confusions at the molecular biological level are inevitable over
what or whether anything has actually been found. To this day, primary
purification of 'HIV' has never been achieved. The last attempts,
published in 1997 in Virology, revealed proteins and genetic fragments
from microvesicles - sub-cell particles - but no virus.
hiv antibody tests
INDEX OF ARTICLES, PAPERS
http://www.healtoronto.com/hivtest.html
Over the years of the HIV/AIDS theory, different types of test have been
used to try to detect such a virus in patients. These have included (1)
antibody tests, which look for a reaction in a person's blood between
their natural antibodies and synthetic proteins said to belong to HIV,
and
(2) Polymerase Chain Reaction - PCR - or 'viral load' genetic tests,
which
purport to use part of the virus' genetic code to detect its presence.
All these tests are indirect, or surrogate. They do not claim to detect
any whole virus. Rather, they use markers to infer whether a virus might
be present. Unfortunately for the accuracy of these tests, these same
markers can be found in a variety of non-HIV situations. No HIV test of
any kind has ever been validated against the one measure that is not
indirect - the gold standard: physical virus isolation. This is because
isolation of HIV by the previously conventional standards of viral
isolation has never been achieved, despite numerous attempts.
Of the antibody tests for HIV, there are two main types - called ELISA,
and Western Blot. Neither was designed especially for HIV, but are
examples of laboratory methodologies used in many investigations. Around
the world many companies market their versions of the ELISA and Western
Blot antibody tests for HIV.
However, the uncertain, unvalidated nature of these tests is reflected in
the product literature supplied by their manufacturers.
A typical example for the ELISA reads:
"At present there is no recognised standard for establishing the presence
or absence of antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 in human blood." - Axsym
System, Abbott Laboratories
A typical example for the Western Blot reads:
"Do not use this kit as the sole basis of diagnosis of HIV-1 infection."
-
Epitope, Organon Teknika
Neither Isolation Nor Validation
Any scientist who declares that a genetic sequence, moreover a
genetic sequence arrived at by human concensus, represents a
naturally occuring virus, has compromised their scientific integrity. To
further suggest that this genetic sequence represents a competent,
exogenous,
sexually transmitted and indeed pathogenic retrovirus is to enter the
realms of pseudo-science. Without HIV isolation all is mere
speculation. Even if HIV were isolated and the proteins tested for by
the ELISA antibody test were actually proteins specific to HIV, an
antibody test would still not be accurate enough for determining
actual viral infection. Everyone tests HIV positive on ELISA if their
serum is not diluted by a factor of 400 because of non-specific
antibodies which bind to any proteins.
"Of course we looked for it [HIV]... We saw some particles but they did
not have the morphology [shape] typical of retroviruses. ... I repeat we
did not purify."
~ Dr. Luc Montagnier, the "discoverer of HIV"
(see French transcript of quote from the interview
http://healtoronto.com/lmfrench.html
, Did Luc Montagnier Discover HIV?
http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/data/dtinterviewlm.htm
or video)
"No one believed we really had that many isolates... No one believed we
really meant that..."
~ Dr. Robert Gallo, also discovered "HIV"
(see Gallo Investigated http://healtoronto.com/galloindex.html)
'viral load' / PCR test
Polymerase Chain Reaction - PCR - or the 'viral load' test, purports to
detect, and quantify, blood-borne HIV in patients. However, the genetic
fragments it amplifies have never been proved to originate in HIV, or in
any virus. The accuracy of PCR viral load is estimated by leading doctors
at plus or minus 300% - i.e. a reading of 90,000 could be 30,000 or
270,000!
The PCR was not invented for HIV. Its Nobel Prizewinning inventor, Dr
Kary
Mullis, calls the use of PCR in AIDS medicine, "a tragedy in the practice
of Western medicine" and a "viral load of crap."
The uncertain unvalidated nature of the PCR for HIV is reflected in the
product literature supplied by manufacturers. A typical example reads:
"The Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor test is not intended to be used as a
screening
test for HIV or as a diagnostic test to confirm the presence of HIV
infection." - Roche, Amplicor
VIRAL LOAD OF WHAT?
http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/index/kmullis.htm
t-cells
Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS theory, it has been suggested that a
virus kills a certain type of cell of the immune system - called T-cells,
or CD4 cells. 'T' refers to the maturing of these cells in the gland of
the Thymus, after their birth in the bone marrow. CD4 is short for
Cluster
Differentiation 4, referring to a method by which scientists group
subsets
of these cells according to protein markers on their surface.
In fact there has never been any proof that an HIV kills these cells, or
indeed that even when they seem in low numbers in a person's blood, cells
have not instead migrated out of the blood to bone marrow and elsewhere.
Despite common assumptions, even by doctors, CD4/T-cell counting remains
a
poor predictor of wellness and illness. Since the Berlin World AIDS
Conference of 1992 considerably less scientific importance has been
attached to T-cell counting. T-cell counts are naturally variable, within
an individual over time, between individuals, and between communities.
The
technology for counting T-cells is accurate only to approximately plus or
minus 100 cells. The cells sampled for counting are taken from a person's
peripheral blood, where it is widely accepted, less than 10% of a healthy
person's T-cells will ever be found.
CD-4 T-cells: What Do They Count For? [index of articles/papers]
http://healtoronto.com/cd4counts.html
what is aids?
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a medical diagnosis applied
since 1984 in some branches of medicine and the wider public when a
person
perceived as infected with a human immunodeficiency virus ('HIV')
experiences one of 29 conditions. But all of the 29 conditions exist or
occur in persons diagnosed 'HIV' antibody negative and are only redefined
as 'AIDS' when someone tests antibody positive.
'Acquired' specifies that the diagnosis does not apply to people with
inherent immune deficiencies. 'Immune Deficiency' is conventionally taken
to be the inability of a person's body to protect against illness.
Syndrome is a group of symptoms or conditions which seem to be more or
less linked.
The growing list of conditions defined 'in the presence of HIV infection'
since 1984 as AIDS, have already all been known for decades. Thus TB plus
'HIV' is AIDS, TB without 'HIV' is TB. Cervical cancer plus 'HIV' is
AIDS,
without is cervical cancer. Etc.
In the early 1980s the 'AIDS-indicator' conditions numbered two:
pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (thought to be caused by an opportunistic
protozöon, now thought to be fungal), and Kaposi's Sarcoma (a
quasi-cancer
of the skin and other membranes, first reported in 1887). These two
conditions were found increasingly frequently in the early 1980s in the
USA and Europe in men having sex with men, and were hypothesised as
resulting from infectious immune deficiency, inferred from counting
people's peripheral T-cells.
The syndrome was for a while classified as Gay Related Immune Deficiency
(GRID). The list of 'defining' conditions has increased substantially
since 1984, though the major risk groups for 'AIDS' in the West have
remained men who have sex with men, people with haemophilia
(Haemophilia),
and IV drug users (Drugs). Despite early alarms, HIV/AIDS has never
become
a heterosexual epidemic in the West, which does not mean it's a gay
disease, but it has failed to meet the parameters of the infectious
model.
'HIV=AIDS' does not fulfill Koch's Postulates as none of the apes
injected
with 'HIV' have developed 'AIDS' conditions.
The international CDC definition of AIDS is specifically founded on
'infection with HIV', assumed or demonstrated. Thus by definition it is
nearly impossible to have 'AIDS' that is not 'correlative' with 'HIV',
though it is widely accepted that 'Immune Deficiency' can be 'Acquired'
in
a many ways. There are also many well documented causes and treatments
for
all of the 29 'AIDS' redefined conditons or for addressing aquired immune
deficiency.
Between different regions of the globe, the criteria and means for
arriving at an AIDS diagnosis vary. There are at least seven varying
official criteria for diagnosing 'AIDS.'
In Africa, for example, the same official concept of AIDS can be found,
but since a meeting in 1985 in the city of Bangui, Cote d'Ivoire, the
World Health Organisation's Bangui AIDS Definition has allowed for
diagnosis of AIDS in Africa with no test performed for 'HIV', if a person
experiences the relatively common African symptoms of weight loss, cough,
fever and diarrhoea for more than a month.
HIV cannot be the cause of AIDS. Why would a virus infect 1% of the US
population and 30% of some Africa countries? Why would a virus cause
different symptoms depending on your age, gender, and location? Why
hasn't
20 years worth of research and billions of dollars spent created a
vaccine
or "cure"? Why do the pharmaceutical companies and the government censor
the scientists, doctors and laypeople that ask these questions and
provide
reasonable answers?
The infectious model does not work that way. See how 'HIV=AIDS' unfills
Kochs' Three Postulates of the Infectious Model of Disease. This is why
there will never be an 'AIDS' vaccine or cure for 'AIDS' or a manner to
prevent transmission of the alleged 'HIV.'
'AIDS' IN AFRICA INDEX OF PAPERS, ARTICLES
http://healtoronto.com/africa.html
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RESOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
The GROUP for the SCIENTIFIC REAPPRAISAL
of the HIV/AIDS HYPOTHESIS [100s of pages of articles, papers]
http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/find.htm
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL [BMJ]
MODERATED ONLINE DEBATE ON HIV/AIDS
http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/326/7387/495
[especially note referenced contributions of The Perth Group of
Austrailian AIDS Dissident Scientists, lead by biophysicist Eleni
Papadopulos-Eleopulos, whose other extensive archives are found here
http://www.theperthgroup.com
and here:
http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/perthgroup/
]
Roberto Giraldo, MD
President of The Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV/AIDS
Hypothesis http://www.robertogiraldo.com/eng/papers/papers.html
TREATING AND PREVENTING ILLNESS ATTRIBUTED TO OR ASSOCIATED WITH "AIDS"
http://www.robertogiraldo.com/eng/pa...ntingAIDS.html
REBUTTAL TO NIAID/NIH "Evidence for HIV" DOCUMENT
http://www.healtoronto.com/nih
INTERNATIONAL AIDS PANEL, INTERIM REPORT
Synthesis of deliberations by the panel of experts invited by the
President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki and the ten experiments the Panel
designed in attempt to resolve the controversy, endorsed by the African
National Congress [AIDS Dissidents/'Denialists' and AIDS
Apologists/Orthodoxy]
http://www.polity.org.za/govdocs/rep.../aidspanel.htm
REBUTTAL TO DURBAN DECLARATION http://thedurbandeclaration.org/
HEAL [Health Education AIDS Liason]
http://www.healtoronto.com
ANOTHER LOOK [Breastfeeding and 'HIV/AIDS']
http://www.anotherlook.org
MOMM [Mothers Opposing Mandatory Medicine]
http://www.informedmomm.com
DISSIDENT ACTION
http://www.dissidentaction.com
HIV/AIDS ALTERNATIVE VIEWS
[Largest AIDS forum on Delphi]
http://forums.delphiforums.com/innocuous
SIGN and READ SIGNATORIES OF THE ONLINE PETITION TO SUPPORT SOUTH AFRICAN
PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI's SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEFINITION,
DIAGNOSIS, CAUSATION AND PREVENTION OF 'HIV/AIDS:'
http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/news/mbeki.htm
