The AIDS conspiracy : science fights back / Nicoli Nattrass.
By: Nattrass, Nicoli.
New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012Description: viii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780231149136.Subject(s): AIDS (Disease) -- Transmission | HIV infections -- United States | HIV infections -- South Africa | AIDS (Disease) -- United States | AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa | Medical policy -- United States | Medical policy -- South Africa | Conspiracy theories | Public opinion -- United States | Public opinion -- South Africa | HIV Infections | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome | Public Opinion | Health Policy | HIV Infections -- South Africa | HIV Infections -- United States | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- South Africa | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- United States | Health Policy -- South Africa | Health Policy -- United States | Public Opinion -- South Africa | Public Opinion -- United States | AIDS (Disease) | AIDS (Disease) -- Transmission | Conspiracy theories | HIV infections | Medical policy | Public opinion | AIDS | South Africa | United States | South Africa | United States | USAGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RA643.8 .N375 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000005754 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-216) and index.
The conspiratorial move against HIV science and its consequences -- AIDS origin conspiracy theories in the United States and South Africa -- Who believes AIDS conspiracy theories and why leadership matters -- Science, politics, and credibility : David Gilbert fights AIDS conspiracy beliefs in US prisons -- Science, conspiracy theory, and the South African AIDS policy tragedy -- Hero scientists, cultropreneurs, living icons, and praise-singers : AIDS denialism as community -- Defending the imprimatur of science : Duesberg and the medical hypotheses saga -- The conspiratorial move and the struggle for evidence-based medicine.
Examines conspiracy theories surrounding HIV and AIDS, focusing on two main widely believed falsehoods--that America manufactured AIDS to be a biological weapon and the belief that HIV is harmless and the true cause of AIDS are antiretroviral drugs.