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Duesberg hypothesis

RecordOBS-0130
CategoryHealth/Pandemics
StatusDEBUNKED
SummaryPeter Duesberg, an American biologist, argued that HIV is not the cause of AIDS, but rather that AIDS is caused by noninfectious factors such as drug use. This hypothesis has been thoroughly refuted by scientific evidence.
OriginDeveloped by Peter Duesberg in the late 1980s, gaining some attention in the early years of the AIDS epidemic.
Claimed
  • HIV is a harmless passenger virus.
  • AIDS is caused by recreational and pharmaceutical drug use, not HIV.
Evidence / consensusExtensive evidence demonstrates that HIV causes AIDS. The hypothesis is widely rejected by the scientific community.
> OBSERVER NOTE:
A classic example of a fringe hypothesis that contradicts overwhelming evidence. The link between HIV and AIDS is one of the most firmly established in medicine.

Sources

  1. Discredited HIV/AIDS origins theories - Wikipedia

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