9.1.3: Duesberg's Risk-Group Theory (AIDS)
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This article is from the Scientific Skepticism FAQ, by Paul Johnson Paul@treetop.demon.co.uk with numerous contributions by others.
9.1.3: Duesberg's Risk-Group Theory (AIDS)
Duesberg's theory is: HIV is a harmless retrovirus that may serve as a
marker for people in AIDS high-risk groups. AIDS is not a contagious
syndrome caused by one conventional virus or microbe. AIDS is
probably caused by conventional pathogenic factors: administration of
blood transfusions or drugs, promiscuous male homosexual activity
associated with drugs, acute parasitic infections, and malnutrition.
Drugs such as AZT promote AIDS, rather than fight it. His theory is
explained in detail in "Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Correlation but not Causation", Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA V86 pp.755-764, (Feb. 1989).
Virtually the entire scientific community considers Duesberg's AIDS
theory to be unsupportable, although he was a respected researcher
before he proposed it. There is no suggestion that his theories are
the result of a political agenda or homophobia.
Details of the debate can be found in published rebuttals to Duesberg, such
as in Nature V345 pp.659-660 (June 21, 1990), and in Duesberg's debate
with Blattner, Gallo, Temin, Science V241 pp.514-517 (1988).
Also see the sci.med.aids FAQ.
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