Posted by debbie on March 04, 2002 at 06:36:44:
In Reply to: Back From The Dead - Outlook Magazine, India posted by Betty on February 19, 2002 at 08:13:55:
here are but a few of the many letters the editors have received about the AIDS statistics nightmare in India.
http://www.outlookindia.com/rants.asp?date=03/11/2002&type=magazine
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Well-Nailed Lie
Back From The Dead February
25
It was great to see your magazine shed
some
light on the junk science behind hiv/aids projections in India
(Back From
the Dead, February 25). However I disagree with what is said in The
aids Lie
in India that the exaggerated hiv statistics in India are based on
a host of
blunders by "reputed" international agencies. Upon closer
examination it is,
in my opinion, more a case of intentional fraud. If this sounds
unfeasible,
you should know that the US Centre for Disease Control has already
admitted
to intentionally misleading its citizens about aids in order to
modify
behaviour and fund the aids industries in the US. This is
confounded by the
fact that the hiv tests on which the fake statistics in India are
based have
been profoundly discredited and are not even proof of infection.
And that
many credible scientists and doctors are questioning the dogma that
hiv is
the cause of aids something being ignored by major news outlets and
you have
the making of the most important story of scientific fraud of the
century.
Dr Michael Ellner,
President,
HEAL, New York
A very thought-provoking article. It disturbs me greatly that I'll
never
read about these statistical discrepancies in the American press.
No one in
my country is permitted to question anything about aids in the
media and be
taken seriously. Statistical shortcomings are but the tip of the
iceberg
when it comes to aids, even its tests and treatments are subject to
scrutiny
these days as what we think we know about aids turns out to be
something
else entirely.
Betty Best, on e-mail
The irresponsible game with the lives and identities of the mostly
disadvantaged people (prostitutes, migrant labourers, truck drivers
and
others) is evident from Miller s statements who, as an expert in
his
position, is not convincing enough about his ignorance of hiv/aids
estimates. The who, Geneva, too stands exposed in its servitude to
pharmaceutical companies.
Dr Ute Schumann, on
e-mail
Using high estimates is a common feature in all hiv/aids campaigns
in the
past. None of the projections have come true but they have been the
basis
for enormous budgets for the agencies involved. The impact on other
heath
issues is enormous, especially in poorer countries. hiv/aids is a
good
example of how the developed world can still successfully make
money from
poor countries.
Christian Fiala, Vienna