One of the reasons why Ed Rybicki (Rapid response “Re: HIV/AIDS is
indeed a colossal catastrophe”, 21st November 2003) did not refute David
Rasnick’s arguments (Rapid response “HIV/AIDS is indeed a colossal
catastrophe,” 8th November 2003) may be the following: While David
Rasnick’s well documented arguments are based on epidemiological evidence,
Ed Rybicki is a microbiologist working on HIV vaccines. However, given Ed
Rybicki’s credentials, he is extremely well qualified to help us with one
of our long standing questions regarding HIV. Would he please tell us
whether in 1983 Montagnier discovered HIV? Yes or no? If yes what is the
evidence in Montagnier’s paper which proves such a virus exists? If no,
who in his view is the discoverer of HIV and what is the evidence which
convinces him this is the case?
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests:
No competing interests
11 December 2003
Eleni Papadopulos-Eleopulos
Biophysicist
Valendar F Turner, John Papadimitriou, Barry Page, David Causer, Helman Alfonso
Department of Medical Physics, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia, 6001
Rapid Response:
Re: Re: HIV/AIDS is indeed a colossal catastrophe
One of the reasons why Ed Rybicki (Rapid response “Re: HIV/AIDS is
indeed a colossal catastrophe”, 21st November 2003) did not refute David
Rasnick’s arguments (Rapid response “HIV/AIDS is indeed a colossal
catastrophe,” 8th November 2003) may be the following: While David
Rasnick’s well documented arguments are based on epidemiological evidence,
Ed Rybicki is a microbiologist working on HIV vaccines. However, given Ed
Rybicki’s credentials, he is extremely well qualified to help us with one
of our long standing questions regarding HIV. Would he please tell us
whether in 1983 Montagnier discovered HIV? Yes or no? If yes what is the
evidence in Montagnier’s paper which proves such a virus exists? If no,
who in his view is the discoverer of HIV and what is the evidence which
convinces him this is the case?
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests: No competing interests