Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Dead and Unwell

In response to my post "HIV doesn't cause AIDS" (which was about the alarming popularity of this theory), Anonymous recommended aliveandwell.org. This website is a perfect example of how this view of HIV/AIDS can become dangerous; people aren't just questioning accepted HIV/AIDS knowledge, they're actually rejecting nearly every safety precaution and treatment available! From the introduction to Alive and Well:

"Did you know...Many experts contend that AIDS is not a fatal, incurable condition caused by HIV? That most of the AIDS information we receive is based on unsubstantiated assumptions, unfounded estimates and improbable predictions? That the symptoms associated with AIDS are treatable using non-toxic, immune enhancing therapies that have restored the health of people diagnosed with AIDS and that have enabled those truly at risk to remain well?"

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Highly recommended by Dad: Most Andrew Vachss books. Pedophelia (like most sexual crimes) is , (in my opinion) not rehabilatative. Put a sex-crime person in prison for thirty years, it ain't gonna matter...they're not wired in the same way as the rest of us semi-normal people...Answers?? Sh**, if I had answers I wouldn't be sitting her blogging, would I?

Anonymous said...

meant to comment on previous post...

S.M. Elliott said...

Well, pedophiles...people who don't believe in AIDS...maybe they should all go to jail for life. ;D

Laura said...

If it were just these people who were being affected by this nonsense, I'd say simply "natural selection". But the fact that they're not being careful themselves and urging others to do the same increases the risks for everyone. Sigh.

Candy Minx said...

This is an interesting topic. I think aliveand well is not a great example....but....


Having been up on AIDS research and papers since the diease first surfaced...there are actually a few experts out there that think there is a separation between HIV and AIDS. No one suggests not taking precautions of course, practice safe sex. But AIDS is heavily associated with syphylis too. and people with HIV are now able to live their lives it is no longer a death sentence as it was in the 80's. Natural treatements like food supplements, and herbal tonics are shown to be very effective for immune system. Well, if you think about it, all pharmecutical companies do is make synthetic copies of herbal ancient rememdies. The reason they make synthetic drugs instead of actual herbs is because it is cheaper than making tinctures from herbs and then there is the idea of stabilizing the dosage sizes. But really all our medicines are from discovering something in nature and food and biology that helps us treat our illnesses. Natural rememdies therefore are not that far fetched, just time consuming and expensive.

BUT natural source vitamins and herbs and tinctures are much more easily absorbed by the body and assimilated.

I'm not saying everyone should go crazy and there is no such thing as AIDS, but all my friends who have AIDS(and I lost several in the 80's before the kind of understanding we have now) use natural porducts to aid their immune systems and fight infection etc etc.

and the new attitude for patients who are HIV+ is to avoid stress and keep hope and positive thinking, just like that helps cancer patients...to know its not a end of life sceneario. Be hopeful and happy, that actually helps prognosis.

The factors causing AIDS has actually revealed all kinds of causes and associations added with HIV status. We are still learning.