AIDS treatment news denialist series.In our last issue we completed our series of articles, mostly by Bruce Mirken, answering the "AIDS denialist" assertions that HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. is harmless The term harmless may be taken in several ways:
The first article in this series appeared in April 2000, and the last article in December 2001. The first two articles below are deliberately out of sequence, so that our summary of what the series is about can be listed first. The series actually began in the issue before the summary. As we stated in the summary, "Our concern is not the ideas--we agree that all sorts of ideas should be explored and debated--but rather the direct translation of casual speculation and debating points into the medical care of patients with life-threatening illness." The series: "AIDS Denialists: How to Respond," by John S. James, AIDS Treatment News #342, May 5, 2000 http://www.aids.org/immunet/atn.nsf/page/a-342-10 "Answering the AIDS Denialists: CD4 (T-Cell) Counts, and Viral Load viral load n. The concentration of a virus, such as HIV, in the blood. viral load, n a measure of the number of virus particles present in the bloodstream, expressed as copies per milliliter. ," by Bruce Mirken, AIDS Treatment News #341 http://www.aids.org/immunet/atn.nsf/page/a-341-02 "AIDS Treatment Improves Survival: Answering the 'AIDS Denialists,' by Bruce Mirken, AIDS Treatment News #350 http://www.aids.org/immunet/atn.nsf/page/i-350 "HIV Treatment and Survival: Easy Language Version," by Bruce Mirken, AIDS Treatment News #354 http://www.aids.org/immunet/atn.nsf/page/a-354-08 (This flyer shortens and simplifies the survival article in issue #350. Agencies can reproduce it as an easy-to-read backgrounder back·ground·er n. An informal news briefing for reporters by an official often speaking off the record. Noun 1. backgrounder for clients.) "Answering the AIDS Denialists: Is AIDS Real?," by Bruce Mirken, AIDS Treatment News #356 http://www.aids.org/immunet/atn.nsf/page/a-356-06 "Viral Load and T-Cell (CD4) Counts: Why They Matter," by Bruce Mirken, AIDS Treatment News #364 http://www.aids.org/immunet/atn.nsf/page/a-364-09 (Easy language version of the CD4 and viral load article in issue #341, above.) "HIV Testing HIV test Various tests have been used to detect HIV and production of antibodies thereto; some HTs shown below are no longer actively used, but are listed for completeness and context. See HIV, Immunoblot. 101 (Part 1 of 2)," by Bruce Mirken, AIDS Treatment News #374 http://www.aids.org/immunet/atn.nsf/page/a-374-05 "HIV Testing 101 (Part 2 of 2)," by Bruce Mirken, AIDS Treatment News #375 http://www.aids.org/immunet/atn.nsf/page/a-375-04 The following articles are not part of the same series, but are related: "Treatment Interruption INTERRUPTION. The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitation's. 2. Interruption of the use of a thing is natural or civil. : Experts Sound Cautious Note at San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Forum; Meeting Proceeds Despite Disruption," by Bruce Mirken, AIDS Treatment News #341 http://www.aids.org/immunet/atn.nsf/page/a-341-01 (This meeting on treatment interruption was invaded by about a dozen AIDS denialists, resulting in minor injury to a member of the staff of Project Inform, the meeting organizer.) "Durban Declaration Not to be confused with The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. The Durban declaration was a statement signed by over 5,000 physicians and scientists at the 2000 International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, affirming that HIV is the cause of AIDS. on HIV and AIDS," AIDS Treatment News #346 http://www.aids.org/immunet/atn.nsf/page/a-346-03 "Africa: Interview with South African High Court Justice Edwin Cameron Edwin Cameron is a Rhodes scholar and Supreme Court of Appeal [1] judge who was the first senior South African official to state publicly that he was living with HIV/AIDS. ," by Bruce Mirken, AIDS Treatment News #368 http://www.aids.org/immunet/atn.nsf/page/a-368-03 |
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