"The Social and Symbolic Power of AIDS Denialism"

[essentialsaltes]

Fascinating/Horrifying article by Nicoli Nattrass in the current Skeptical Inquirer.

Either I missed this when it happened, or my brain blocked it from my memory for my comfort:

Christine Maggiore
an HIV-positive activist who promoted the view that HIV is not the cause of AIDS

Comments

[edgyspice]

I remember her. There was a fawning article about her in the now-defunct CityBeat before she died.

[essentialsaltes]

Interesting that you mention the fawning. The SI article describes the organization of the denialist movement as being the confluence of four elements:

the "hero scientists" like Duesberg
the "cultropreneurs" who offer quack remedies and therapies
the "living icons" like Maggiore
and finally... the '"praise singers," sympathetic journalists and filmmakers who publicize the movement.'

[ladyeuthanasia]

Your brain blocked this from your consciousness because it's so horrifying.