Vitamins cured me of HIV...
Here's a stupid 'science' story that's running around the British press at the moment. I'm afraid i lean more towards In The Pipeline than i do miracle cures - after all, what's more likely:
- The entire medical world has failed for 25 years to see the connection between vitamins and complete eradication of the HIV virus OR
- Mr Stimpson is hamming it up for the tabloids based on a couple of false positives or a false negative ??
posted by Joe at 9:27 AM
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"...the British press has once again failed..."
I see this kind of comment so often that I've decided that everyone thinks that the press in their country is unusually bad.
Maybe we have unrealistic expectation of a profit making venture in these days of globalisation. I hope not, but maybe.
you've stumbled on a whole new level of disgust with media science reporting. i've been subjected to this on 2 continents and in 3 different countries. as for unrealistic expectations, i don't think demanding a science reporter who has actually done some science is that extreme, they seem to imply that criteria to their economics. as for making money these days, expertise will become more valuable with so much data available, not less.
thanks for your comment, you're the first real person that's said hello ;-)
daveyboy, no-one seriously disputes the link between HIV and AIDS (at least in the journals i read) and the amount of research that has been done in the last 20 years is staggering so i think there is good reason for hope. stick with medicine, it may take a little longer than the quacks but you can be sure of the results
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