What are the implications if HIV is not the cause of Aids?
Prof Duesberg says that Aids is not infectious. If that is so, there is no need for safe sex. There is also no need for drugs to prevent mothers transmitting HIV to their babies. How is it possible for the dissidents to dispute the scientific evidence? Prof Duesberg argues that there are people carrying the HIV virus who develop no symptoms of disease and that HIV has not been shown to induce Aids. Is he right on either count? Not according to the conventional scientists.They say that the simian immuno-deficiency virus (SIV), a close relative of HIV, has been proven to cause Aids in monkeys, even if the direct proof of HIV causing Aids is not yet available. Does Prof Duesberg have other arguments? Yes. He says HIV cannot be infectious, because viruses and bacteria work fast. HIV may not cause Aids for five to 10 years. International scientists say he is plain wrong. The laboratory evidence for HIV causing Aids is clearly incomplete. What else do the scientists rely on? The epidemiologi
