I had not thought anyone would claim HIV infection and AIDS are hoaxes. There was a pregnant patient with this infection. I had sent her to a specialist. While giving me the details of her treatment, this specialist said,
"Do you know Dr. xxxxxxx says HIV infection is a hoax?"
"Huh?" I said. Dr. xxxxxxx is an alumnus, now pretty old, though still around quite a bit.
"Yes."
I was aghast. When I found my speech, I said, "This same doctor also says cancer is not a problem. He says it is a solution. I man of his age and seniority would be expected to speak more sensibly, when he knows that he makes wrong impressions on developing minds of students."
"Yes. He does say weird things. But in this HIV business he is not alone. There are many pages on the internet where the same thing is said. They claim it is a hoax to help pharmaceuticals make money."
"They should not give a wrong message. They may make controlling the disease more difficult" I said.
When I related this story to someone else, he said "perhaps someone should challenge them to take an injection of a body fluid containing the virus. Or marry a person who is HIV positive. Let us see if they back out or take down their posts or blogs."
That sounded like a good idea. The only person I actually know is this doctor. The others are just virtual persons on the net. I wonder if this doctor reads this post and accepts that challenge to prove HIV is hoax. He will go down in history if he proves his point, or he will go down and prove it is not a hoax.
"Do you know Dr. xxxxxxx says HIV infection is a hoax?"
"Huh?" I said. Dr. xxxxxxx is an alumnus, now pretty old, though still around quite a bit.
"Yes."
I was aghast. When I found my speech, I said, "This same doctor also says cancer is not a problem. He says it is a solution. I man of his age and seniority would be expected to speak more sensibly, when he knows that he makes wrong impressions on developing minds of students."
"Yes. He does say weird things. But in this HIV business he is not alone. There are many pages on the internet where the same thing is said. They claim it is a hoax to help pharmaceuticals make money."
"They should not give a wrong message. They may make controlling the disease more difficult" I said.
When I related this story to someone else, he said "perhaps someone should challenge them to take an injection of a body fluid containing the virus. Or marry a person who is HIV positive. Let us see if they back out or take down their posts or blogs."
That sounded like a good idea. The only person I actually know is this doctor. The others are just virtual persons on the net. I wonder if this doctor reads this post and accepts that challenge to prove HIV is hoax. He will go down in history if he proves his point, or he will go down and prove it is not a hoax.
