Saturday, February 11, 2006

Tom Bethell vs. People Who Know What They're Talking About Redux

So you remember this post? So you may have wondered--as I did--how one could argue that there's no AIDS epidemic in Africa. So Aetiology has tackled that very question, and it turns out that the answer is simple:

If you're just willing to make stuff up to support your argument while ignoring the real world, you can once again prove whatever you feel like proving. She also points out that Mr. Bethell once sat on the Board of Directors of the Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV-AIDS Hypothesis. Yes, that's right, he's an HIV-denier. Who is being strongly promoted by the right, being featured on the front page of Fox News' science section. Sort of makes it hard not to suspect where their sympathies lie, isn't it?

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