Hello all, it’s me again. I just stumbled across a newspaper article, “Death by denial: The campaigners who continue to deny HIV causes Aids”(Deer, 2012). The title is self explanatory but essentially gives a detailed record of how certain people feel that HIV does not cause AIDs.
The article goes on to discuss several HIV positive individuals who essentially caused their own death because they refused to take medication. Of these people was Karri Stokely, who stopped taking drugs due a youtube video that claimed HIV was a “hoax”. She died four years later. Although this is not the exact video, this link an example of how the incorrect information is circulating. Unfortunately, Stockely is not the only HIV positive person who has lost their life because they do not believe in the disease. American signer Michael Callen along with magazine editors Jody Wells and Huw Christie passed away because of their beliefs.
I was completely blown away when I read this! I did some more research and I found that these people who stand by this movement are actually extremely educated. HIV causing AIDs is not a controversial topic, it is science. There has been a plethora of peer reviewed reliable research that proves this. Of the research, there was a study conducted that analyzed DNA of those who are infected with HIV and concluded that the virus causes associated symptoms(Michael et al., 1997).
The other invalid argument that these people firmly believe centers around the thought that the drugs that are used to treat HIV is the disease causing agent. This is also invalid. There have been many studies that have found there is an increased survival for people who take these drugs(Debunking Denialist Myths, 2015). Additionally, people who believe that HIV is not real look to those who have stopped taking medication and are living a ‘healthy life’. However, sources show that the majority of these people do not survive, and few exceptions should not serve as role models(Debunking Denialist Myths,2015).
I am very curious as to what incentive these people would have to make up an illness. If they think that Americans are greedy and are spreading these ‘HIV myths’ wonder if these people have considered all people that are dying in Sub-Saharan Africa who have no money and/or access to these mutli-drug cocktail. I think it is extremely selfish for people not to take into consideration the opportunity they have to live a relatively normal and healthy life by just taking drugs instead of refusing to believe something with logical scientific research promotes.
References
Deer, B. (2012, February 21). Death by denial: The campaigners who continue to deny HIV causes Aids. Retrieved January 22, 2015, from http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2012/feb/21/death-denial-hiv-aids
The role of CCR5 and CCR2 polymorphisms in HIV-1 transmission and disease progression. (1997). Nature Medicine, 1160-1162. Retrieved January 22, 2016, from http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v3/n10/abs/nm1097-1160.html
Debunking Denialist Myths. (2015). Retrieved January 22, 2016, from https://www.aidstruth.org/myths/#m20
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