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In Memoriam, Lambros Papantoniou
by George N. Pavlakis, Rockville, MD USA What do you do about someone who claims to be an expert, serving up half-truths, twisting the facts in credible-sounding sentences and misleading a patient? There must be some rules that apply to someone who p...
The dishonest Rian Malan
By Nathan Geffen, 1 December 2009 (This article was edited on 2 December 2009. The original was hastily written and confusing albeit accurate. It also contained unnecessary ad hominem comments which I have removed.) In a piece published in Rapport ne...
Killer syndrome: The Aids denialists
Rob Sharp reports in The Independent on the presistence of AIDS denialism A middle-aged man walks into an East London café and apologises for being late. With his clipped hair and bus-driver's uniform of thick overcoat, shirt, and branded tie, he l...
McGill Daily on the dangers of denialism
Stephanie Law writes in the McGill Daily: Christina Maggiore died of an AIDS-related illness on December 27, 2008. She was a successful businesswoman who started a multimillion-dollar import/export clothing company, and a freelance consultant for U....
Constantine and Weiss pinpoint misrepresentations
Statements by Professor Niel Constantine and Professor Robin Weiss about the Misrepresentation of their Interviews in “House of Numbers.” Posted November 23, 2009, to HouseofNumbers.org The sections on HIV antibody tests in “House of Numbers...
Science, pseudoscience and professional responsibility
by Dr John Moore, PhD (Originally published by health-e) Surveys have consistently shown that over 40% of Americans do not believe in evolution. It is not surprising, then, that our society is vulnerable to being fooled by people who misrepresent sci...

