Help Fight Misinformation By. Spreading the Truth! HIV. denialists are spreading misinformation about HIV and AIDS. In. particular, they're filling the comments pages on HIV/AIDS videos on. You. Tube and elsewhere with incorrect information that. HIV and/or avoid. AIDS as a result. A recent study. showed that more than 3. South Africa. because former president Thabo Mbeki embraced HIV denialism and. You. can help correct the record! This page is a list of brief rebuttals to. HIV denialists. Each one is only 5. You. Tube. National Academy. Sciences, CDC, Institute of Medicine, NIH, AMA, Canadian CDC. Pasteur Institute, UNAIDS, and WHO all agree. Or watch our. educational videos such as . People. who are HIV negative do not develop AIDS. We have seen people go from. HIV negative to HIV positive to clinical AIDS countless times. There is. a correlation between the viral load in a person's blood and the. CD4 count and increase in severity of disease. On October 15, many communities will mark National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD), a day to recognize the significant impact of HIV on Latino individuals and to encourage HIV testing and care. You may notice a change in the. An HIV vaccine is a vaccine which would either protect individuals who do not have HIV from contracting that virus, or otherwise may have a therapeutic effect for persons who have or later contract HIV/AIDS. Ethical challenges have arisen in research on HIV/AIDS from the very beginning of the epidemic, and continue to the present day. Controversies have emerged in relation to clinical trial design, access to drugs. When antiretroviral drugs are used and cut the patient's. CD4 count can rebound and AIDS symptoms can improve. NIAID. By 1. 2/3. These. individuals all had evidence of HIV seroconversion following a discrete. HIV. During the 1. AIDS. Of the remaining three children. HIV infection (van den Berg et. Acta Paediatr 1. 99. The dentist and three. AIDS and died, and at least one of the other. AIDS. Five of the patients had no HIV risk. O'Brien, Goedert. Curr Opin Immunol 1. O'Brien. 1. 99. 7; Ciesielski et al. Ann Intern Med 1. HIV/AIDS treatment and research information from the US federal government. Such an effect would not be. HIV did not have a central role in causing AIDS. J Clin Microbiol 1. Menez- Bautista. Am J Dis Child 1. Thomas. Pediatrics 1. Young. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1. Barlow. and Mok. Arch Dis Child 1. Guerrero. Vazquez. An Esp Pediatr 1. In severe combined. SCID) mice given a human immune system, HIV produces. J Infect Dis 2. 00. Aldrovandi et al. Nature 1. 99. 3; 3. Locher et al. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1. For. why we don't fund research on whether the Earth is round or orbits the. Sun. There's a consensus that the Earth is round and orbits the Sun, so. If There's a Consensus HIV Causes. AIDS, Why Is There So Much Controversy? No matter how strong the evidence, you. That has no scientific significance however. Myth: There's No Evidence that HIV is. Studies of diverse groups have shown that being HIV+ multiplies your. HIV- people. Examples of the increased death. Ugandans . Pediatr Infect Dis J 1.
Munoz, MACS, personal communication. It causes AIDS, which can kill. You. Tube seems to block URLs in comments, but see articles at the. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, AVERT. AEGIS, and AIDSvideos web sites for citations of published research. Writeup with URLs: )HIV is not a harmless passenger virus. It causes AIDS, which can kill. For proof, see: http: //aidstruth. Question: Where are the. Peer- Reviewed Papers Proving HIV Causes. AIDS? To start, see the peer- reviewed. Reitz et al AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. Cohen Science 1. 99. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. S1- 1. 25. J Infect Dis 2. From their. joint letter to Harper's: . One of us (Luc. Montagnier) has emphasized that there may be .. It's been proven to. It satisfies all of Koch's Postulates. Myth: HIV is the Only. Retrovirus to Cause Disease. HIV is not the only retrovirus that causes a disease. There are four. retroviruses of humans (including HIV- 1 and HIV2) that attack T- cells. See Wikipedia articles on Retrovirus#Exogenous. HTLV. Myth: HIV/AIDS Research. Has Produced No Vaccine Or Cure, So Scientists Must Be Wrong About HIV. Being the Cause of AIDS. Creating a cure or vaccine for HIV/AIDS is an incredibly hard problem. I'm not. aware of any medical cure for *any* virus like this that the body can't. HIV. Also. some viruses are easy to create vaccines for; HIV is unfortunately a. So for now, prevention is our best hope. Myth: HIV Viral Load Doesn't. Predict Clinical AIDS Progression. Doctors successfully use viral load all the time to gauge the. ARVs within a patient and. ARV mix to knock the viral load. NIAID: . Ann Intern Med 1. JAMA 1. 99. 8; 2. Taha et al. PCR tests can. HIV in blood. The virus is easily, and has been on. J Clin Microbiol 1. Clinical AIDS has. ARVs. HIV+ people treated with ARVs live. AIDS more slowly. But remember: (1) often. ARVs because they're already becoming sick with a low. CD4 count and/or clinical AIDS symptoms, and they're no panacea, so. ARVs still look sick, and (2) they might. ARVs. Studies have proven that. ARVs are effective for treating clinical AIDS. The death rate. is lower for those on ARVs than those not treated. Myth: People on ARVs Are Sicker. Than People Not On ARVs, So ARVs Must Be Harmful and/or Cause AIDS. Typically, HIV+ people are only prescribed ARVs in the later, more. CD4 count has dropped to 3. HIV+ people who. need ARVs are by definition at higher risk of disease symptoms than. So this claim is really just saying that . People with high cholesterol who need bypass surgery are sicker and. That doesn't mean bypass. It just means that. Similarly, diabetics who need insulin are at higher risk of. See ? Do ARVs Make You Sicker? Like most medications. Myth: AZT Does More Harm Than Good. BW0. 02 trial showed only 1 of 1. AZT died vs. 1. 9. AZT had opportunistic infections vs. Jul 2. 3; 3. 17(4): 1. May 1. 5; 1. 12(1. So the fact. that some people stop and remain healthy for a while doesn't mean HIV. AIDS. VERY IMPORTANT: stopping ARV medications may. HIV that's resistant to. ALWAYS talk to. your doctor before changing your ARV medication dosage or stopping. Myth: AZT Does Not Prevent. Mother- to- Child Transmission of HIV. From aidstruth: . So the. fact that a person is HIV positive and healthy doesn't mean that HIV. AIDS. Myth: A Celebrity or. Friend is HIV Positive and Healthy, So HIV Must Not Cause AIDS. HIV infection doesn't usually lead to clinical AIDS immediately. Use of. antiretroviral medications may extend that period further. So the fact. that a person is HIV positive and healthy doesn't mean that HIV doesn't. AIDS. Myth: Many People With HIV Have Not. Developed AIDS, So HIV Must Not Cause AIDSFrom NIAID . Similar. estimates .. Epidemiol Rev 1. 99. Air and water molecules are smaller than. For the same reason, condoms reduce. HIV transmission even though a single latex pore would be. HIV virion. Myths About Circumcision. Myth: Male Circumcision. Doesn't Reduce a Man's Risk of Contracting HIV Through Heterosexual Sex. There is now strong evidence from three randomized controlled trials. Kisumu, Kenya, Rakai District, Uganda (funded by the US. National Institutes of Health) and Orange Farm, South Africa (funded by. French National Agency for Research on AIDS) that male circumcision. Statistically significant. Myth. Circumcision Only Prevents HIV Transmission Because of Initial. Abstinence After the Procedure. One of the 3 African studies confirmed that the initial abstinent. November; 2(1. 1): e. See related Mehendale 1. Gray 2. 00. 0, Cameron 1. At. the time of circumcision, men are counseled not to resume sexual. If they and their. HIV. transmission to female partners. Might women erroneously think that circumcision (or a. HIV? But that's an. FOR good HIV education, not AGAINST circumcision. Studies show. a net reduction by circumcision of HIV transmission to men of 5. HIV transmission to female. AIDS is a. specific syndrome that has been clearly defined. Patients can be. reliably diagnosed as having or not having AIDS. Different doctors will. Myth: AIDS Is Caused By Recreational. Drug Use (Such As 'Poppers')NIAID. In a Vancouver study of . Among 3. 65 HIV- positive. AIDS. No AIDS- defining illnesses occurred. CD4 counts dropped for HIV+, stable for HIV- , regardless of nitrite. Haverkos, NIDA research. US Dept HHS, PHS, ADAMHA. Ostrow, AIDS. 1. 99. J Subst Abuse 1. 99. Lau Int J STD. AIDS 9. Individuals from diverse backgrounds. AIDS. with the only common denominator being their infection with HIV. CDC, 1. 99. 5a) .. CD4+ counts in seronegative. N Engl J Med 1. 99. Se also Smith et al. No AIDS- defining clinical condition was. HIV- seronegative men. By 1. 99. 4, there were 2. AIDS- defining conditions in the seropositive group; among. HIV- seronegative individuals, eight deaths occurred, none due to. AIDS- defining diseases. An investigation of. United States. Mosley,N Engl J Med 1. Effect on lymphocyte subsets of clotting factor. Blood 1. 99. 3; 8. But not all questions are still. I. can ask whether the Earth is really round, or whether it really orbits. Sun, but it is a waste of time; the evidence for the answer is. The evidence that HIV causes AIDS is equally. There is a consensus in the relevant scientific community. HIV is the cause of AIDS. Claim: Everyone Has The Right To An. You have the right to an opinion about any subject. But that doesn't. The members. of the Flat Earth Society have the right to an opinion about whether. Earth is round, but astronauts will be killed if they make plans. Similarly, there's a risk that people will. HIV, develop AIDS, and die if they make unsafe choices based. HIV doesn't cause AIDS. HIV Denialists. Claim: HIV Denialists Have Good. Even if HIV denialists are trying to make an impact for the good of. Salem witch trials, and the. All of these people had good intentions and. The road to hell is paved with good. Claim: How Can Reading an. Alternative View Be Harmful? The HIV denialists have put their. Internet and in videos on You. Tube and Google Video, have. They have. been unable to get their claims published in peer- reviewed scientific. Examples include moon landing, Holocaust. HIV causes AIDS, and round Earth denialists. This is not name calling. Denialists ignore evidence published in. Myth: HIV Denialists and Those. Who Say HIV Causes AIDS are Just 'Opposing Viewpoints'. We are not just one . Both HIV as the cause of AIDS and humans. HIV denialist claims are not. So don't flatter yourself by. While pregnant with her daughter. Eliza Jane Scovill, she did not take the ARVs that reduce the risk of. She breast fed, which also increases the. She chose not to have her daughter tested for HIV. On May 1. 6. 2. 00. Eliza Jane Scovill died at age three.
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