Denying AIDS (eBook)
XXIII, 205 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-0-387-79476-1 (ISBN)
Paralleling the discovery of HIV and the rise of the AIDS pandemic, a flock of naysayers has dedicated itself to replacing genuine knowledge with destructive misinformation-and spreading from the fringe to the mainstream media and the think tank. Now from the editor of the journal AIDS and Behavior comes a bold exposé of the scientific and sociopolitical forces involved in this toxic evasion. Denying AIDS traces the origins of AIDS dissidents disclaimers during the earliest days of the epidemic and delves into the psychology and politics of the current denial movement in its various incarnations.
Seth Kalichman focuses not on the 'difficult' or doubting patient, but on organized, widespread forms of denial (including the idea that HIV itself is a myth and HIV treatments are poison) and the junk science, faulty logic, conspiracy theories, and larger forces of homophobia and racism that fuel them. The malignant results of AIDS denial can be seen in those individuals who refuse to be tested, ignore their diagnoses, or reject the treatments that could save their lives. Instead of ignoring these currents, asserts Kalichman, science has a duty to counter them.
Among the topics covered:
- Why AIDS denialism endures, and why science must understand it.
- Pioneer virus HIV researcher Peter Duesberg's role in AIDS denialism.
- Flawed immunological, virological, and pharmacological pseudoscience studies that are central to texts of denialism.
- The social conservative agenda and the politics of AIDS denial, from the courts to the White House.
- The impact of HIV misinformation on public health in South Africa.
- Fighting fiction with reality: anti-denialism and the scientific community.
For anyone affected by, interested in, or working with researchers in HIV/AIDS, and public health professionals in general, the insight and vision of Denying AIDS will inspire outrage, discussion, and ultimately action.
See http://denyingaids.blogspot.com/ for more information.
Seth C. Kalichman is a Professor at the University of Connecticut. He has previously edited the volume, Positive Prevention: Reducing HIV Transmission among People Living with HIV/AIDS, also published by Springer.
Paralleling the discovery of HIV and the rise of the AIDS pandemic, a flock of naysayers has dedicated itself to replacing genuine knowledge with destructive misinformation-and spreading from the fringe to the mainstream media and the think tank. Now from the editor of the journal AIDS and Behavior comes a bold expose of the scientific and sociopolitical forces involved in this toxic evasion. Denying AIDS traces the origins of AIDS dissidents disclaimers during the earliest days of the epidemic and delves into the psychology and politics of the current denial movement in its various incarnations.Seth Kalichman focuses not on the "e;difficult"e; or doubting patient, but on organized, widespread forms of denial (including the idea that HIV itself is a myth and HIV treatments are poison) and the junk science, faulty logic, conspiracy theories, and larger forces of homophobia and racism that fuel them. The malignant results of AIDS denial can be seen in those individuals who refuse to be tested, ignore their diagnoses, or reject the treatments that could save their lives. Instead of ignoring these currents, asserts Kalichman, science has a duty to counter them.Among the topics covered: Why AIDS denialism endures, and why science must understand it.Pioneer virus HIV researcher Peter Duesberg's role in AIDS denialism.Flawed immunological, virological, and pharmacological pseudoscience studies that are central to texts of denialism.The social conservative agenda and the politics of AIDS denial, from the courts to the White House.The impact of HIV misinformation on public health in South Africa.Fighting fiction with reality: anti-denialism and the scientific community.For anyone affected by, interested in, or working with researchers in HIV/AIDS, and public health professionals in general, the insight and vision of Denying AIDS will inspire outrage, discussion, and ultimately action.See http://denyingaids.blogspot.com/ for more information.
Seth C. Kalichman is a Professor at the University of Connecticut. He has previously edited the volume, Positive Prevention: Reducing HIV Transmission among People Living with HIV/AIDS, also published by Springer.
Author Disclaimer of PotentialConspiracy Involvement 6
Foreword 7
Preface 10
Acknowledgments 14
Note on Terminology 16
Contents 17
HIV/AIDS Denialism Is Alive and Well 20
Denial 21
Doubt and the Difficult Patient 23
Dissidence in Science 24
What Is HIV/AIDS Denialism? 27
Suspicious Minds 32
Why AIDS? Why Now? 34
Who Are the Denialists? 39
Why We Should Care About Denialism 41
Peter Duesberg and the Origins of HIV/AIDS Denialism 44
Who Is Peter Duesberg? 45
Peter Duesberg and Robert Gallo 53
Duesberg on AIDS 57
The Grant that Never Was 64
Character Flaw? 67
Duesberg the Victim 69
A Groundswell of Support 71
Has Duesberg Been Given His Due? 73
AIDS Pseudoscience 76
Conducting Research Versus Concocting Pseudoscience 77
Pseudo-virology: HIV Does Not Exist 79
Pseudo-immunology I: HIV Exists but HIV Tests Are Invalid 81
The Pure Virus Myth 83
Everyone Is HIV Positive 85
Pseudo-immunology II: HIV Does Not Cause AIDS 86
Proof that HIV Does Not Cause AIDS 89
Pseudo-immunology III: HIV Is Necessary but Insufficient to Cause AIDS 95
A Closer Look at Poverty, Africa, and AIDS 95
Pseudo-pharmacology: HIV Treatments Are Toxic Poison 97
Pseudo-epidemiology: HIV Is Not Sexually Transmitted 101
Cashing In 105
Denialist Journalism and Conspiracy Theories 110
A Web of Denialism 112
Blah-Blah-Bloggers 114
The Great AIDS Debate? 115
Deconstructing AIDS 116
Denialist Journalism Meets AIDS Pseudoscience 117
Morphing Science and Technobabble 117
Portraying Science as Religion 120
Cherry Picking 121
The Single Study Fallacy 121
Stuck in the 1980s 122
Pushing Back the Goal Posts 123
Preying on Fears 124
The Spin Machine 124
AIDS Conspiracies and Denialism 125
AIDS Genocide Conspiracies 126
Big Pharma Conspiracies 127
Censorship Conspiracies 128
Anti-sex Conspiracies 129
What if the Denialists Are Right? 130
Why Denialists Drive Scientists Crazy 131
Politics of Denialism 134
The Press Conference 135
Presidential Denialism 138
Presidential AIDS Advisors 140
Debunking Myths About AIDS in Africa 143
Apartheid, AIDS, and Freedom 144
South Africa and State Denialism 146
The Durban Declaration 155
AIDS Activism Meets Denialism 157
Political Ideologies 160
Racism and Homophobia 161
The Nazi Thing 163
AIDS Denialism in the Courtroom 164
Body Bags 166
Getting Out of Denial 168
In and Out of Denialism 169
Why Denialism Will Not Go Away 172
When Denialists Die 173
AIDS Realism 175
Credibility 176
Contemporaneousness 176
Common Sense 177
Critical Thinking - The Denialism Antidote 177
Avoid Falling into Single Study Fallacies 178
Consider the Source 178
More Technical Does Not Mean More Credible 178
If It Is too Good to Be True, It Probably Isn’t 178
Take It Up with Your Doctor 178
Be a Skeptic Not a Cynic 179
Be a Dissident, Not a Denialist 179
Anti-denialism 179
Defeating Denialism 180
Epilogue The Most Ironic Conspiracy 184
Appendix A Timeline of HIV/AIDS Denialism 188
Appendix B About the HIV/AIDS Denialists 194
HIV/AIDS Denialist Scientists 194
HIV/AIDS Denialist Activists and Journalists 202
Notes 206
1 HIV/AIDS Denialism Is Alive and Well 206
2 Peter Duesberg and the Origins of HIV/AIDS Denialism 208
3 AIDS Pseudoscience 210
4 Denialist Journalism and Conspiracy Theories 215
5 Politics of Denialism 217
6 Getting Out of Denial 220
Index 222
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.1.2009 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Nicoli Nattrass |
| Zusatzinfo | XXIII, 205 p. |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Technik | |
| Schlagworte | AIDS • anti-denialism • Denialism • HIV • HIV/Aids • Infectious Diseases • Peter Duesberg • Pseudoscience • Public Health • Virus |
| ISBN-10 | 0-387-79476-X / 038779476X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-387-79476-1 / 9780387794761 |
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