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"AIDS patients suffer... due to lopinavir-induced Zmpste24 inhibition"

This is the kind of AIDS language that keeps people in the matrix. It's the same language used in the 'HIV and Hard Belly' ads I see on FB all the time. Instead of just saying, '...suffer because of lopinavir' or 'hard belly because of ARVs', they have to make sure you know it's an 'HIV and AIDS'. No, it's not an 'HIV and AIDS' thing, it's a pharmaceutical thing that would equally damage 'negative' people taking these drugs.

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My “hiv experience” started in 2015 when I was detained in southern Spain at the Alhaurin prison, known as Finca Morega. Shortly after my arrival, I voluntarily provided blood samples for standard tests, including an HIV test. After a considerable period without any communication, I assumed everything was fine. (Infection was discovered in 2015 but dates back to around 2011.) Approximately five months later, I sought medical attention for a fungal infection between my toes (athlete's foot), a common issue due to communal showers with inadequate drainage. Upon visiting the doctor, he did not need to examine my feet and promptly provided me with a treatment tube. Just as I was about to leave, he asked me to stay and looked intently at his computer screen. He inquired if I was aware of a “infecion”. Confused, and with limited Spanish at the time, I asked what he meant, he was talking about an “infección magik gonson”, I still shrugged my shoulders and he started to crumple up an A4 and throw it into an imaginary basket, I thought for a moment that the old doctor with his reading glasses had lost his mind, irritated he taps on his keyboard and turns the screen towards me, a picture of Magic Johnson, then it dawned on me, I had the magic Johnson virus, I was hiv positive. The news was devastating, and in a state of shock, I was placed in a suicide cell for two weeks to "calmly" reflect on my diagnosis, without any psychological support or information. Despite the existence of an international protocol stating that individuals diagnosed with HIV should receive anti-retroviral treatment as soon as possible, it took nearly 18 months before I was prescribed this treatment. This delay was only rectified after my family informed the Dutch embassy surrounding the fact that the prison medical service denied me my medication and thereby violating the WHO protocol.

The doctors at the local public Virgen hospital also deemed it unnecessary to provide me with medication during those 18 months, resulting in a total delay of almost 2 years. After my release from detention in Spain, I began receiving my medication from the Costa del Sol hospital and resumed my life. However, I was left questioning the actions of the doctors at both the prison and the Virgen hospital, wondering why they had been so negligent regarding my health. A seed was planted I wanted to find out why these doctors were so frivolous about my so called “deadly infection”, it was like “What do they know what I don’t know?” So I went on a quest, a quest that someone who is HIV negative would never make in their life, and after many hundreds, perhaps thousands of hours, I came across a well-hidden but very different story than what has been echoing in the media for 50 years.

WHO protocol from WHO. Int.

Following my release, I was incredibly hungry for information and I began to investigate the topic online. In the meantime I was posing challenging questions to my healthcare providers. There was a question I always asked, “If the doctors who treated me in the initial phase did not find it necessary to treat me with blood values that matched those once I was in liberty, why do I have to take those drugs now and it was not necessary back then?” Despite my inquiries, none of the physicians I consulted could answer my questions, instead, many remained silent or expressed understanding. I have reached out to HIV organizations and virologists, never receiving responses. Engaging with support groups and exploring alternative platforms has proven more enlightening than discussions with my healthcare providers, who seem entrenched in the prevailing narrative. I have extensively researched various reports, even got a subscription of various scientific sites like the one of the Stanford university and watched numerous interviews and documentaries, leading me to conclude that the official HIV narrative, echoing in the media for nearly five decades, is fundamentally wacky, full of lies and controversial.

In the initial months post-detention, I regularly visited the hospital for blood tests and consultations with HIV specialists. Each visit I had to hear the same violin music, “please sir, it is very important you take your medication”, and despite my undetectable viral load, which supposedly negated the risk of transmission, every time they told me I had to use a condom. It’s like they’re telling everyone the same drummed-in tune there,

But due to my inconsistent medication adherence, a detectable “viral load” ( I put viral load in quotes because I have reached a stage where I no longer believe that they count a virus) eventually emerged, prompting inquiries about my compliance. Although I occasionally forgot my medication while traveling, my intuition/gut feeling suggested that my health was not at risk, despite the dire narrative surrounding HIV.

A pivotal moment occurred while renovating a villa in Marbella, where I met a general practitioner from England. During our conversation in which we talked about my remarkable recovery from necrotizing fasciitis which happened on the Dominican Republic, she suggested I possessed an exceptionally strong immune system, and this led automatically that I revealed that I was HIV positive and the casual approach of doctors towards my treatment. First thing she said was “ Because they know” She revealed that many physicians are aware that HIV is not the dire disease it was portrait. She further explained that HIV transmission is more challenging than previously understood, and many patients remain healthy with stable viral loads despite irregular medication or even without medication. Her revelation and all the controversial pieces and the stories of other HIV-infected people who, in some cases, have not taken medication for decades (and are healthy) made me decide never to take ARV medication again, this has been almost 8 years now and I am as healthy as a fish

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