Origin, Persistence and Failings of HIV/AIDS Theory

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Thanks to enormous funding for educational programs, the whole world "knows" that HIV causes AIDS. But is what we know compatible with the facts? This book challenges the conventional wisdom on this issue. Collating and analyzing, for the first time, the results of more than two decades of HIV testing, it reveals that the common assumptions about HIV and AIDS are incompatible with the published data. Among the many topics explored are the failings of HIV testing, statistical evidence that HIV is neither sexually transmitted nor increasingly prevalent, and problems caused by the differing diagnostic criteria for AIDS around the world.But how could everyone have been so wrong for so long? This vital question, unaddressed in previous works questioning the HIV-AIDS connection, is central to this book. The author considers comparable missteps of modern science, and discusses how funding influences discovery in today's scientific circles.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-05-09
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:399 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786430482

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Henry H. Bauer is professor emeritus of chemistry and science studies and dean emeritus of arts and sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). The author of numerous books, including several that examine scientific heterodoxies, he lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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“a credible critique...solid array of data”—C&RL News; “recommend[ed]”—Journal of Scientific Exploration; “heavily referenced...if you want to understand the HIV/AIDS story, read this one”—Quadrant; “discusses the correlation between HIV and race, examines the effectiveness of HIV testing, and posits that a research monopoly has resulted in widespread misconceptions”—SciTech Book News; “important...fact-filled, closely reasoned...Skillfully collating, summarizing and analyzing an extensive literature, including hundreds of scientific studies, published and unpublished, reports produced by government agencies and non-government organizations...Careful sifting of the existing body of research allows Bauer to propose alternative hypotheses about the origins and subsequent trajectories of HIV and AIDS...explores the myths of mainstream HIV/AIDS thinking...draws analogies to other areas of medicine, such as gastroenterology and cardiology, where theories lacking solid empirical support held sway for decades...discussion of the reasons underlying the hegemony of HIV/AIDS theory are especially congenial...a masterful attack on scientific orthodoxy...eye opening and worthy”—Springer; “I recommend the book very highly”—Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures List of Tables xiiiPreface A Note on Sources and the Structure of the Book Part I: Does HIV Cause AIDS?1. MALES AND FEMALES 2. UNIFORM TRENDS 3. FALSE POSITIVES OR CONTAMINATED SAMPLES? 4. HIV IS NOT AN INFECTION 5. HIV DISCRIMINATES BY RACE 6. WHAT IS IT ABOUT RACE? 7. RACISM 8. WHAT DO HIV TESTS DETECT? 9. HIV AND AIDS ARE NOT CORRELATED 10. AIDS Part II: Lessons from History11. MISSTEPS IN MODERN MEDICAL SCIENCE 12. HOW SCIENCE PROGRESSES 13. RESEARCH CARTELS AND KNOWLEDGE MONOPOLIES Part III: How HIV/AIDS Theory Took and Kept Hold14. IT’S A VIRUS 15. MAINTAINING THE MONOPOLY 16. THE END OF THE BEGINNING Sources Index