AIDS denialism

[swatiraohnlu]

AIDS denialism is the view held by a loosely connected group of people and organizations who deny that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the cause of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Some denialists reject the existence of HIV, while others accept that HIV exists but say that it is a harmless passenger virus and not the cause of AIDS. Insofar as denialists acknowledge AIDS as a real disease, they attribute it to some combination of sexual behavior, recreational drugs, malnutrition, poor sanitation, hemophilia, or the effects of the drugs used to treat HIV infection.

 

[dimpy.handa]

What can possibly be done when government leaders are enthralled by denialists? The challenge of global warming has be left out of effective public policy for the last eight years. Who knows what effect that will have on lives lost? Science will always be politicized to some extent, but we must---MUST---speak out, and forcefully, when denialists take over an issue critical to the public well-being.

Uh, last time I checked even George W. Bush was toeing the AGW party line so who exactly is the power your truth is being spoken to here?

What if you're wrong? What if the resources of the developed world are diverted to expensive and inefficient energy technologies for largely political reasons?