Official Stories by Scheff Liam
Author:Scheff, Liam [Scheff, Liam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-02-14T00:00:00+00:00
The Return of Gallo
The disease in gay men was in the news. It was called “GRID” by a Los Angeles doctor: Gay-Related Immune Deficiency. Well, it wasn’t gay-related, it was fast-lane related, but he wasn’t observant enough to know that. The term GRID was offensive to gay activists, so the beginning of a re-naming festival kicked off. GRID became AIDS. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
If anyone had been curious as to how it had been acquired, we wouldn't have had the last 30 years of murderous propaganda. But we're not that kind of honest, as a species.
Researchers threw their hands in the air; they couldn’t figure it out. Because it was in gay men in the fast lane, it was believed to be sexual. Because it didn’t respond to high doses of antibiotics…better call the virologists! After all, they did such a bang-up job with polio and HTLV-I. The call went out.
Fast forward to April, 1984. Having published no scientific papers on the subject, our “most esteemed Dr. Robert Gallo” held an international press conference to announce that he had discovered the “probable cause of AIDS,” a new virus: HTLV-lll. But how did the great Gallo find HTLV-lll? The same as he ever did.
As in his previous efforts, Gallo looked for “RT” and antibody response. No, he didn't find a particular particle eating AIDS patients. He found the old stand-by; “RT.” That enzyme which occurs in, yes, all humans and animals. Based on his version of “purification,” he was able to find what he called “HTLV-III” in about half of his AIDS patients. Half is enough! Voila! The cause of AIDS had been found.
But HTLV would no longer mean “Human T-cell Leukemia Virus,” because AIDS was not leukemia. The “L” would now mean “Lymphotropic,” as in “swollen lymph nodes,” which is what some of the early AIDS patients had. Many in the early “AIDS” group didn't die, by the way, but somehow, HTLV-III came to equal death. Nobody could say “HTLV-III,” so it was also re-named. You know it well, it really sold the brand: “HIV.”
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