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Rethinking AIDS: The Tragic Cost of Premature Consensus by Robert Root-Bernstein (Very good, 1993, HC, 512 pgs, The Free Press)
Rethinking AIDS: The Tragic Cost of Premature Consensus by Robert Root-Bernstein (Very good, 1993, HC, 512 pgs, The Free Press)
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Very good condition: cover has stain; pages are unmarked. ISBN 0029269059
Rethinking AIDS: The Tragic Cost of Premature Consensus is a controversial, skeptical book that critiques the mainstream scientific consensus that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the sole and necessary cause of AIDS.
Root-Bernstein, a physiology professor and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, argues that the scientific community rushed to a "premature consensus" on HIV in the mid-1980s, effectively shutting down alternative lines of research that could lead to better treatments.
- The "Multifactorial" Hypothesis: Root-Bernstein does not deny that AIDS exists, but he argues that it is a syndrome requiring multiple, concurrent causes of immune suppression. He posits that factors like malnutrition, chronic recreational drug use, repeated exposure to semen, and heavy or prolonged use of prescription antibiotics can destroy the immune system on their own or act as critical cofactors alongside HIV.
- Rejection of HIV as the Sole Cause: The book presents medical anomalies from the early years of the epidemic. He points out cases of individuals who exhibited full AIDS symptoms but tested negative for HIV, as well as people who were HIV-positive for years but remained completely healthy.
- Historical Precedent: Root-Bernstein asserts that immune deficiency syndromes identical to AIDS have existed for a century or more, long before the emergence of HIV, but were recorded under different names.
- Critique of the Scientific Establishment: The author heavily indicts biomedical researchers and public health agencies for what he views as narrow-mindedness, dogmatism, and a politically and financially motivated rush to claim the "AIDS puzzle" was solved.
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