HIV/AIDS Myths: Ten More Myths About HIV and AIDS

Becky Kuhn, M.D. debunks 10 more common myths about HIV/AIDS, including the myths that: HIV has never been isolated; HIV tests are often wrong; the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved HIV tests; you are better off without ARVs than with them; antiretroviral medications (ARVs) are not effective for treating AIDS; AIDS is caused by Antiretroviral Medications (ARVs); AZT does more harm than good; AIDS is caused by use of inhaled recreational drugs such as nitrites (also known as "poppers"); AIDS is caused by injection drug use, not by HIV; and humans created HIV. Myths like these are harmful because they confuse people about the origin of HIV and its role as the cause of AIDS. Make sure you get accurate information about HIV and AIDS. Base decisions about your personal health and safety on the findings of research studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. HIV causes AIDS. HIV tests can accurately determine whether or not you are infected with HIV. ARVs are effective for treating HIV/AIDS and save lives. Knowing the facts about how HIV is transmitted can mean the difference between life and death. Protect yourself and those around you. Take steps to avoid contracting HIV and to avoid transmitting it if you are HIV positive. This video is a sequel to our popular video "The Top Ten Myths About HIV/AIDS." This video refutes misinformation from videos "Lee Evans Speaks Out About the HIV Tests," "Deconstructing the Myth of AIDS," "AIDS Inc.," "The Other Side of AIDS," and "House of Numbers." It also debunks the claims of HIV denialists like Peter Duesberg, Stefan Lanka, Kary Mullis, Celia Farber, Christine Maggiore, Gary Null, Andrew Maniotis, the Perth Group, Eleni Papadopulos-Eleopulos, David Rasnick, Valendar Turner, Robin Scovill, Brent Leung, David Crowe, Walter Gilbert, Harvey Bialy, Rebecca Culshaw, Roberto Giraldo, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, and Matthias Rath. Visit http://aidstruth.org/denialism/denialists, http://www.GlobalLifeworks.org and http://AIDSvideos.org to learn more. This video is freely downloadable from http://www.archive.org/details/aidsvideos_ten_more . Disabled accessibility: The transcript for this and many other AIDSvideos.org videos can be downloaded from http://aidsvideos.org/translate.shtml. [Do you want to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS? Are you fluent in a language other than English? Then volunteer to translate our videos into other languages! Click http://AIDSvideos.org/translate.shtml to to learn how you can help!!! © Copyright 2007-2011 Global Lifeworks. All rights reserved. This work is licensed to be used for non-commercial purposes under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.]

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[TravellerFellow]

I am going to post both ELISA and Weston BLot test done on me for over 20 years. any 411 will be greatly appreciated. also, I have been diagnosed to be a "Medication Naive Long Term Non Progressor". I have always had normal CD4 counts. only twice did I test viral load detectable. but that is another story for another day. btw, I have NO idea what a ARV even is! whatever.

[AIDSvideos]

@TravellerFellow: This is Eric. There are mutations such as CCR5 delta 32 deletion that confer a significant degree of natural resistance to HIV infection. People with this mutation can often go decades without progressing from HIV+ to clinical AIDS. You might have one of these mutations.

[VeriteeRH]

Thank you Dr Beccy for being the voice of reason here. If people do not beleve you, and the peer reviewed research you cite what can you or anyone do to convince them. I

But there is no doubt that HIV causes AIDs if untreated and that ARVs are for those of us living with it our only hope, the proof is overwhelming.

It seems to me that those who do not accept this are living in hope that they are right not any reality.

[AIDSvideos]

@VeriteeRH: Thanks Veritee -- You are absolutely right!

Eric

[mrbrit]

Can i just ask? Do you know any resources for the HIV virus being used for genes therapy... I can find news article but not journals.

[AIDSvideos]

@mrbrit: This is Eric; I'm not a doctor, and I'm definitely not an expert on research on possible genetic therapies for HIV. I don't believe that any genetic therapy for HIV has even reached large-scale clinical trials yet, much less been approved by the FDA for general use. However, I believe I've read about early trials in which people were given variants of their own immune cells that had been genetically modified to be partially resistant to HIV. There is definitely research & hope there.

[MilkyManMooky]

Wasn't AZT originally created to fight Cancer?

[newhotmailit]

@MilkyManMooky yes

[TravellerFellow]

@AIDSvideos thanks for reply, also I cleared Hep C which I was told by a person at NIH about 30% ppl can do, (or actually do?). likewise for two infections of Limes disease. I ***MAY*** participate in a B@& (and B17 B-something else) study at Bethesda. I've gone thru such kaka over the decades that I am weary as all get out. I never took any meds, and glad, but MANY friends (now dead) stopped taking them and simply put, died. That says it all for me. good video. *****

[gouldenshow]

@MilkyManMooky yes it was originally an experimental cancer drug.

[Allen10579]

@Dillonmac96 you are all over the map for christ sake man, He just told you how they got the figures, and that's a question I would also like to ask, if you think the ARV will do more harm, why would you take them?? is it because you dont know who the hell you want to believe at this point because of all the crap you see here on you tube? well If I were you, thank christ I'm not, but if I was, and I had HIV I would do exactly what the Dr in this video says to do,

[mpunktb]

Reading from a teleprompter makes it harder to recognize that someone is lying. Nice trick to hide at least some uncertainness. I am NOT saying she is telling the truth. But if you want to convince anybody from anything, start talking free and look your audience in the eye.

[ashish19894]

mam just clear the doubts about using more than one condom at a time

which one is safer

one condom or more than one condom at a time