Two points and an article in response to the excellent article, "Drug
Profits Infect Medical Studies," Eric Angell recently has posted on the
UN-CAN list:

1. Ralph Nader, the presidential candidate for whom the progressives were
afraid to vote, has been trying to educate the public about the drug
companies for many many years. Yet, out of fear, the majority of
"progressives" refused to listen to reason and sought being saved by what
was deemed the "lesser evil." Fear can and often does produce disastrous
results. Fear negates what little political will exists in the US public.
Nader promoted universal single-payer health care, a system that would solve
many of these drug research problems and stop the system that divides the
medical care system into children, old people, mentally ill, physically ill,
AIDS patients, availability of rich vs. poor etc. Yet, it seems to me, that
the US public does not have the political will to act upon its verbiage.

2. The most corruption possible exists with the AIDS drugs industry for
which the pharmaceutical companies make billions of $$$. Yet, very little
has been written about the AIDS drugs. In fact, they continue to be
promoted will little thought of any viable investigation. Why? Because
their tactic worked. That tactis is: Create fear in the mainstream public
by making the public believe that HIV/AIDS is an imminent and pandemic
threat to the whole US public and the world. Just put the average person in
a state of fear and it is not difficult to cause the human being not to
think, not to ask questions, not to demand independent investigations.
Below is a review I wrote regarding an amazing book about AIDS. This book
has been well suppressed by those who do not want any thought or question
proposed nor developed regarding AIDS and the drugs forced on HIV/AIDS
patients. BINGO! Exactly what the pharmaceutical want.

REVIEW OF AID BOOK

I recently read a book, What If Everything You Thought You Knew about AIDS
WAS WRONG, by Christine Maggiore. Christine was diagnosed as HIV positive,
then negative, then positive etc. She has a nine-year (7-9) old child who
is completely healthy. She refused to take AZT or give AZT to her child.
In some states, parents can have their children removed from the home simply
for refusing to subject their child to AZT.

This book was first printed in 1996, and its fourth printing was in 2000.
It is published by the American Foundation for AIDS Alternatives, 11684
Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, CA 91604. Telephone: 877-411-AIDS. Cost:
$10.95 for English version. $12.95 for Spanish version. $2.00 postage per
book.

A few of the reviews/comments on her book are as follows:

David Rasnick, PhD, Designer of Protease Inhibitors: " I have been studying
all sides of HIV/AIDS discussion for 15 years and I can tell you that this
little book captures all the important points with clarity and force."

Dr. Lois Lee, Founder, Children of the Night, Recipient of the 1984
President's Volunteer Action Award: "Why have we unquestionably believed
everything the government has told us about AIDS? Why have we not asked
these questions before? A must-read for everyone if we are ever to uncover
the truth about AIDS."

Charles Thomas, PhD, Former Chair of the Cell Biology Department, Scripps
Research Institute: "AIDS is a cruel deception that is maintained because
so many people are making money from it. Take away this money and the
entire system of mythology will collapse. This single, portable book
explains the HIV-causes-AIDS swindle in simple, concise language that anyone
can understand."

The first thing I learned is that AIDS is not a disease but a new name given
by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to a collection of 29 familiar
illnesses and conditions. None of these diseases are new and there are
treatments for these conditions that are unrelated to HIV. Maggiore goes
explains how expanded and changing definitions of AIDS by the CDC have
created an illusion of more people having AIDS--of how statistics are
purposely manipulated to convince the public the AIDS rate is drastically
increasing.

Does HIV cause AIDS? According to Maggiore, there is no proof to this
effect. Dr. Luc Montagnier of the Pasteur Institute in France, who shared
a patent with Gallo for the HIV test, has stated he does not believe that
HIV alone is capable of causing AIDS. Maggiore goes on to state that "All
HIV antibody tests are highly inaccurate. " She clearly explains and
documents the reasoning behind her statement.

One of the most appalling facts I learned is the misuse of AZT, which was
originally designed as potential chemotherapy treatment for cancer. It was
shelved and no patent was ever filed. Yet, after only one highly flawed
study of only four months duration, AZT was approved by the FDA as an AIDS
treatment to be distributed by pharmaceutical company Burrough Wellcome (now
Glaxo-Wellcome), who would, of course, make significant profits off their
con. Paul Hedlund, Esq, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in the World,
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, stated that it is "unconscionable to use
AZT as a treatment for AIDS." What is most appalling to me is the use of
AZT on expectant mothers and infants. Once you read what Maggiore has to
say, you will also be appalled. You will also be surprised by the number of
HIV positives that develop into "AIDS" only after taking AZT.

Maggiore explains the reality of T-cell counts, viral loads, surrogate
markers PCR (technology of polymerase chain reaction), protease inhibitors,
"combo cocktails,"failing drug therapy, wasting syndrome and other HIV/AIDS
related terms and treatments.

Maggiore explains what is behind all of the manipulated statistics, fear and
lack of alternative information regarding AIDS. The magic word, of course,
is funding and corporate profits. When this book was written, total tax
dollars spent on AIDS exceeded $50 billion. This funding would not happen
unless the public believed AIDS posed a widespread and ever-growing threat
to all Americans. Those AIDS researchers and/or experts who do not support
the mainstream way of thinking do not receive money.

Maggiore also provides background on some of those considered to be experts
in AIDS, and gives some truth and reality that will surprise the reader.
Some of these "experts" on "AIDS" are Dr. Robert Gallo, Dr. David Baltimore,
an AIDS expert and Nobel Laureate, Martin Delaney, Project Inform's founder
(a project that seems bent on disinformation), Dr. David Ho (awards winning
AIDS researcher) and others who are considered AIDS experts but do not allow
alternative methods to infiltrate their fear tactics that brainwash the
general public and too many "educated" public health leaders.

How did I come across this book? The answer is very interesting. In one of
my Cuba and Venezuela film and discussion groups, I mentioned that Cuba has
an exceptionally low HIV rate of only.1 percent--that is point one
percent--of the sexually active population. This is six times lower than
the U.S. and an extreme exception to the high HIV rate in the Caribbean and
all of Latin America. One person in the group, a nurse, stated that HIV
does not cause AIDS and tore apart all of my preconceptions about AIDS. She
gave me Maggiore's book, and did I get an education!!! Once I got around to
reading it, I could not put it down until I finished it.

I wondered why African countries, which have poor access to AIDS drugs, has
such a high AIDS rate and why Cuba, which has AIDS drugs (ones they have to
develop and produce on their own, as the US blockade prevents AIDS drugs
being sold to Cuba) has such a low rate. After reading Maggiore's book, I
discovered the real reasons for "AIDS" diagnosis.

In Africa there is poor access to healthcare; there is not enough
nutritional food; and, much of the water is privatized, which limits the
poor's access to clean water. Africa, first of all, uses only four clinical
symptoms--diarrhea, fever, persistent cough and weight loss of more than
10%--and does not often require an HIV test (which most likely is a good
thing). The symptoms for AIDS are identical to those conditions which are
rampart in Africa--such as malaria, tuberculosis, parasitic infections,
malnutrition and unsanitary drinking and bathing water. As Maggiore states,
"poverty is the real culprit here."

Cuba, on the other hand, has a world-acclaimed universal health-care plan;
makes efforts to ensure nutritional requirements are met, which means
immunity to diseases/illnesses is better; and, has a very good public water
system, so the people are not subjected to contaminated water. Also, Cuba
puts great emphasis on prevention via education. Thus, Cubans, as opposed
to other third-world countries, is much less likely to develop
diseases/illnesses/conditions that could easily be diagnosed as HIV and
developing into AIDS. Remember AIDS is not new and not a disease--but a
collection of 29 familiar illnesses and conditions. After reading this
book, instead of praising Cuba for its development of AIDS drugs, I am
hoping they use them less and also read the book, which I have sent the
Cuban Interest Section in Washington, D.C.

Just think: If much of the HIV/AIDS "problem" could be solved by the
wealthy countries providing nutritional food and good, clean,
public-supported water to the poor in third-world countries (including the
third-world part of the U.S.), the U.S. and other wealthy countries would
have to forego their excuses of not being able to help the poor in these
countries to have healthier lives without diseases/illnesses/conditions that
could easily be treated. Just think what a drain this would be on the
pharmaceutical profits? Just think how much power this would take away from
the wealthy countries' control of the third-world countries.

You may or may not agree with what Maggiore states in her book, and you may
or may not come to the same conclusions I have; yet, this definitely is a
book that everyone who is concerned about AIDS, especially public health
officials, needs to read and encourage others to read.

Peace, hope, justice for ALL
Joan Malerich