There are many unanswered questions about AIDS and the virus called HIV. Here is a Top Ten List....

QUESTION #1: Since we know that the virus called HIV has nothing to do with immune deficiency, WHAT DOES HIV ACTUALLY DO IN THE HUMAN BODY, IF ANYTHING? Most retroviruses that have been discovered are totally dormant -- called "passenger viruses." This retrovirus deserves a new look and a new name.

QUESTION #2: WHAT IS AIDS, REALLY? The original disease reported in 1981 was defined as a low T-cell count (a disabled immune system) and various resulting opportunistic diseases. This syndrome has almost nothing to do with AIDS as it is currently defined. T-cell counts are hardly ever done on AIDS patients, and since 1994, more than 25% of the list of diseases that qualify as AIDS have nothing to do with being immune deficient. Which brings us to the next question...

QUESTION #3: WHY ARE DISEASES INCLUDED IN THE CDC DEFINITION OF AIDS THAT ARE CLEARLY NOT RELATED TO IMMUNE DEFICIENCY? If we could have a clear, consistent, and logical definition of AIDS, then we would be able to ask...

QUESTION #4: IS THERE REALLY AN EPIDEMIC (OR EVEN A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE) IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ACQUIRING IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME? If we define AIDS strictly as a disease involving a disabled immune system from some unknown cause, combined with the resulting opportunistic infections, are the numbers of people affected going up dramatically? Do we have a real problem here that is getting lost in the political games, to which we should be devoting our time and money to find the cause? If so....

QUESTION #5: WHAT REALLY CAUSES AIDS? Or better yet, what is causing a malfunction in the human immune system that has apparently taken on epidemic proportions in the last 20-25 years? A virus? Bacteria? Or perhaps, as Dr. Peter Duesberg suggests, recreational drugs that kill the T-cells? Or maybe a specific antibiotic taken in large amounts over extended periods by the high-risk AIDS groups?

QUESTION #6: WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF AIDS? What's going to have to happen for the medical research community to give up on the virus called HIV as the cause of AIDS and fund new research? What kind of political or public pressure is necessary to remove the incompetents and glory-seekers from the top of the bureaucracy and start thinking about saving lives?

QUESTION #7: WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STOP KILLING PEOPLE WITH AZT AND OTHER DNA-INHIBITORS? Is it going to take a class-action, wrongful death suit against Robert Gallo, Burroughs Wellcome, the FDA, et al to stop the manufacture and sale of AZT and other immunosuppressive DNA-inhibitors?

QUESTION #8: ARE THERE 5 FAMILIES OF HIV-POSITIVE VICTIMS WHO DIED FROM TAKING AZT WHO ARE WILLING TO BE PART OF SUCH A CLASS-ACTION SUIT?

QUESTION #9: IS THERE A LAWYER WHO WILL GIVE WHAT IT TAKES (AND TAKE WHAT COMES) TO PROSECUTE THIS WRONGFUL-DEATH CASE?

QUESTION #10: DOES ANYBODY CARE?

Signed,

Stephen Davis