Harry Pasternak, an AIDS-denier, wrote an extremely
disingenuous letter to Jimbo and the rest of us. Mr.
Pasternak falsely claimed that their are no peer-reviewed
studies and papers that prove that the HIV virus causes
AIDS. For shame.
He is using the same tactic used by certain religious
fundamentalists who deny that there are any peer-reviewed
papers which prove that Evolution occurs, and the same
tactic used by religious fundamentalists who claim that
there are no peer-reviewed papers which prove that the
world is 4.5 billion years old.
In all such cases there *are* such papers, and in all cases
Wikipedia articles *do* link to reputable cites which have
vast amounts of peer-reviewed scientific information on
this topic. We can add more citations of course, but
Pasternak's claim is not meant to improve the article. It
is meant to mislead, obfuscate, and push AIDS-denial, and
it is written in the same way that Evolution deniers and
Holocaust deniers work. They give the appearance of being
rational, but they distort statements made by other people,
and refuse to accept any evidence at all.
The utter denial of the existence of such peer-reviewed
papers is dishonest, and borders on a pathological
obesession. We need not take such bizarre rants to this
list, for any form of "denial".
On this subject, some good reading material about
PEER-REVIEWED studies, can be found here:
http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/newsroom/focuson/hiv00/default.htm
http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/Newsroom/FocusOn/Hiv00/MACSWIHS.htm
Unless these websites don't exist either, and the studies
cited within do not exist, and the scientists quoted do not
exist....
Robert (RK)
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