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HIV/AIDS Rethinkers THE AIDS INDUSTRY AND MEDIA WANT YOU TO THINK THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF SCIENTISTS WHO DOUBT THE HIV–AIDS THEORY. HERE’S THE REALITY. The doubters: New additions are shown in red, those who signed a petition questioning the hypothesis that Hiv causes Aids in blue and new additions who are also petition signers in purple. Some of the people below question only key parts of the Hiv theory, not all of it. Limitations on their beliefs are shown in brackets. If you think you belong on this web page, please email your full name, address (city and country), qualifications and/or lifetime accomplishments, and any relevant affiliations, to the manager of this webpage: [email protected]. Ono A. Abada. MSc (Economics). Country Director, Pan African Educational Services (PANAFES), Cape Town, South Africa. Jeanette S. Abel. MD, Portland, Oregon Folarin Abimbola. Medical student, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria Richard Ablin. PhD, State University of New York Laila Abubakar. Researcher, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Dept., International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya Jotham Achineku. Engineer, Ikeja, Nigeria Zdenka Acin. PhD, Journalist, Author, Former Editor of the Yugoslavian magazines Duga and Intervju. Toronto, Canada Leonardo Acosta. Journalist, Author of more than a dozen books, Havana, Cuba Dr. Kofi Ada-re. London, United Kingdom Jad Adams. M.A., Author, The HIV Myth Marie Adams. ND, Bastyr University, Seattle, Washington PAK Addy. PhD, head of clinical microbiology at the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana [Says Aids in Africa is exaggerated and the Hiv tests kill people due to the mental turmoil a positive result causes, which leads to physiological immune depression and suicide] ‘Ayo Adeboye. Physician, Nigeria Gabriela Adelstein. Translator, Buenos Aires, Argentina Tamiru Adisu. Pharmacist, Alexandria, Virginia Martin Adjuik. M.Sc., Biostatistician, WHO Fellow, Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana Karin Wiedmer Aebersold. Homeopathic doctor, Hefenhofen, Switzerland Dr. Madhu Agarwal. Homeopathic physician, Nagpur, India Vahagn Agbabian. D.O., Pontiac, Michigan Paolo Agliano. PhD, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Siena, Italy J. Antonio Aguilar B.. Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Mexico City, Mexico Humberto Aguirre. Aids Educator, Psychologist, Atlanta, Georgia Dr. Kofi Agyapong. Sons and Daughters of Africa, Washington DC Festus Agyei. PhD Student, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Miami University, Ohio Naseer Ahmad. M.D., M.A., D.Sc., Toronto, Canada Sina Ahmadi. Medical Student, Tehran, Iran Syed Masud Ahmed. Physician, MBBS, MPH, Senior Medical Officer, Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh Dr. Hyung Jun Ahn. Seoul, South Korea Mabili Ajani. Broadcast Journalist, Tampa, Florida Vladimir S. Ajdacic. PhD, Nuclear Physicist, Belgrade, Yugoslavia Patricia Akeman. R.N., Goleta, California Charles Akemann. PhD, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara Crystal Aker. M.Ed., Mathematics instructor, Wright State University, Ohio Titilola Akindele. Medical Student, Howard University, Washington DC Shreepad Akolkar. MD, DPH (Dipl Public Health), FRIPHH, Pune, Maharashtra, India Mohammad Ali Al-Bayati. PhD, Toxicologist and Pathologist, California. Author, Get all the facts: HIV does not cause AIDS Joyce Y. Al-Mateen. Medical Records Director, Cottondale, Florida Alejandro Alagon Cano. MD, PhD, Researcher, Departamento de Medicina Molecular y Bioprocesos, El Instituto de Biotecnología UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Fernando Alameda. Engineer, Bogotá, Colombia Kleber Alanis. Engineer, St. Petersburg, Florida Claudio Alatorre Frenk. PhD. Institute of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Co-ordinator, the Large-scale Renewable Energy Development Project of Mexico's Ministry of Energy. Carlos Escudero Albarrán. Morelia, México. President, Mexican Association for the Scientific Reappraisal of AIDS. Author, VIH La puerta a la iluminación (Hiv, the door to illumination) Kiason Albaxter. PhD, Georgetown School of Public Policy Studies Mirco Alberti. Naturopathic Physician, Bologna, Italy Hansueli Albonico. MD, Langnau, Switzerland Kathryn Albritton. M.Sc., Brooklyn, New York Gloria Margarita Alcaraz López. PhD, Professor of Public Health and Nutrition, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia Morris Alexander. Senior Public Prosecutor, Pietermaritzburg Magistrate's Court, South Africa Barry R. Alexavich. Cell Biologist, Bristol, Connecticut Helman Alfonso. MD, Director of Research, Universidad Metropolitana Barranquilla, Colombia; Author, in Spanish, The Great Fiasco: AIDS Is Not Caused by HIV Jamila Ali. RNC, NP, Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, New York Kassahun Ali. Engineer, Alexandria, Virginia Anita Allen. Journalist, former Science Writer, The Star, Johannesburg, South Africa Steve Allen. Journalist for ABC and CBS; Filmmaker who has made two documentaries on AIDS: The Surrogate Marker and HIV Equals AIDS: Fact or Fiction? Max Allen. Journalist, Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) Ricardo Almeida. Visiting Professor, Ecological issues, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, New Hampshire Manuel Almendro. PhD in Psychology, Spain Nicholas Altenbernd. Academic Administrator, Writing and Humanistic Studies Dept., MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts Miguel Alvarez. Professor of Literature, Shanghai, China Sanyakhu-Sheps Amare'. M.A., Executive Director, National Electronic Clearinghouse Center (NECC); Adjunct instructor, New Hampshire College, Graduate School of Business Kebedech Ambaye. Anthropologist, Technical Officer, United Nations Population Fund, New York Jody Amberg. LPC, NCC, ACSAC, Rockwood Counseling Center, Eureka, Missouri Roger Ambiel. Nurse teacher, Zurich, Switzerland Serafino Amoroso. N.D., PhD, DAHom, New Jersey Center for the Healing Arts, Red Bank, New Jersey Emmanuel Anastasopoulos. MD, PhD, Athens, Greece John B. Andelin. MD, Mercy Hospital, Williston, North Dakota Ken Anderlini. MFA, PhD student, former lecturer at Simon Fraser University, film maker. Aldergrove, BC, Canada Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio. PhD, Professor of Humanities, Interdisciplinary Scholar, and Author, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Mark Anderson. D.C., Orlando, Florida Mark K. Anderson. M.S. Physics, Science Journalist, Northampton, Massachusetts Darryl Anderson. MD, Jersey City, New Jersey Víctor Andrade Sotomayor. MD, Past President of the Peruvian Society of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Dr. S.E. Andrejickas. Toronto, Canada Michel Andrillon. Editor of Votre Sante (Your Health) magazine, Paris, France Pierre Andrillon . Editor in Chief, Votre Santé, Paris, France Nthobi Angel. M.Sc., Director of Communications, Office of The Presidency of South Africa Flavia Angelico. Documentary Film Maker, Sao Paulo, Brazil Rich Angell. Writer; Editor, Circumcision Information Network. Missoula, Montana Douglas Angulo. Mathematician, Biostatistician, Caracas Venezuela Heather Anthony. M.A., Yonkers, New York Philipp Anwer. Graduate Student in Biochemistry, Boston University Antonio Eduardo Araujo Miranda. MD, Madrid, Spain K.C. Aravind. M.Sc. Student Microbiology, Chennai, India Jose Pedro Arce. Biologist, Ensenada, Mexico Delia Arellano. Journalist, El Bravo newspaper, Matamoros, Mexico. President, COFRES (Brotherhood Counsel of Health and Hope) Lore Aresti. Psychoanalyst, Mexico City, author VIH=SIDA=MUERTE? (Hiv=Aids=Death?) Montse Arias. Journalist, Director of the Spanish version of the journal The Ecologist and of the newsletter Vida Sana, press reporter of Biocultura, Spain M.A. Armenteros. N.D., Naturopathic Physician, Downey, California Janet S. Arnold. MD, Family Physician, Richland, Washington Halton Arp. B.S. Harvard University, PhD, California Institute of Technology. Astrophysicist, Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, Germany; awarded the Helen B. Warner Prize of the American Astronomical Society, the Newcomb Cleveland Award of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award; President of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1980 to 1983. Author of The Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, Quasars, Redshifts and Controversies and Seeing Red: Redshifts, Cosmology and Academic Science Angel Lopez Arteaga. Electrical and Electronic Engineer, Madrid, Spain Christopher Asaro. PhD, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Entomology, University of Georgia Obey Nkya Assery. MA (Econ). PhD Candidate, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa Dr. Raymond Kimika Assumani. President, Centre D'education Et De Formation Integree, Genève, Switzerland and Uvira, Zaire Elizabeth Attig. Registered Nurse, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania Claude Aubry. Physician, Florida Trina Augello. Student of Oriental Medicine, Kissimmee, Florida Niels Auhagen. MD, Berlin, Germany Andrew Ausman. Software Engineer, Los Angeles, Calif E. Austin. M.Sc., Victoria, British Columbia K.C. Avarind. Student M.Sc, Microbiology, Chennai, India Dr. Bernardo Avila. Sabadell, Spain Keidi Obi Awadu. (aka The Conscious Rasta), Writer, Documentary film maker, Los Angeles. Author of over 20 books including Aids Exposed Steve Ayorinde. Editor, The Comet Newspaper, Lagos Nigeria Jose Manuel N. Azevedo . Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Acores, Portugal Aka Babatunde. Constitutional Lawyer, Lagos, Nigeria Emmanuel Babissagana. M.A., Legal Theorist, Yaounde, Cameroon Laurence Bacchus. Diploma in Naturopathy, Auckland, New Zealand
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