Recommended Reading

A mere sampling

For a fun post, I’d like to provide brief reviews of some of my favorite books about AIDS from a critical perspective. I hope they’ll inspire you to check them out, as well.

Inventing the AIDS Virus by Peter Duesberg. In the world of AIDS criticism, at least back in the day, it was common to distinguish critics by whether they were supporters of Duesberg or the Perth group, which was unfortunate in a way, because it contributed to some disorganization within the AIDS critic movement, at least from my perspective. (Furthermore, their arguments were not as dissimilar as some might have presented them to be. Yes, I went there.) I remain non partisan on the issue, but readers can probably infer in which direction I lean. Nevertheless, this is an extremely important book, and though I don’t agree with everything Duesberg says, he got a lot of stuff right. His analysis of AIDS in hemophiliacs is especially insightful, and he also is possibly the first scientist to notice that AIDS was becoming a “chronic, manageable condition” on its own with no pharmaceutical assistance. His knowledge of retroviruses and his explanation of why they cannot possibly accomplish what HIV is accused of is phenomenal. Furthermore, he pointed out that HIV genetic material was almost impossible to find in AIDS patients, and the only way the establishment was able to answer that was to use PCR in a highly dubious manner to magically produce a “viral load.” In short, his contributions have been invaluable and let’s not forget—he basically started this movement, at least from the academic/scientific side (there were newspapers and journalists covering this epidemic from the beginning). Plus, he has my lifelong respect for the integrity he exhibited as a scientist, to the detriment of his own career.

When AIDS Began by Michelle Cochrane. It’s unfortunate that this book is almost impossible to find. It needs to be republished. It provides case studies of many of the very first AIDS patients in San Francisco, from the very early eighties before “HIV” was even a figment of anyone’s imagination, along with excellent analysis. If you can get a used copy, please don’t sleep on that. It’s a vital part of the historical record regarding AIDS.

The Origin, Persistence, and Failings of HIV AIDS theory by Henry Bauer. This 2007 book is required reading because it presents demographic data, using the CDC’s own statistics on HIV testing, that decidedly falsify the idea that HIV positivity could possibly be transmissible at all. Bauer demonstrates that HIV positivity has an incidence that appears perfectly consistently in risk groups primary based on race and age, with a slight preference for males over females (AIDS itself in the US primarily affects men), indicating not an infectious agent but perhaps something genetically linked. The analysis of HIV positivity in Hispanics differing between the East and the West coasts is very insightful. The data presented in this book are more than sufficient to decimate the HIV AIDS story on their own. It is possibly my favorite of all books critical of the HIV AIDS story—yes, it is that good; a brilliant piece of epidemiological sleuthing. The statistical analysis is not complex, because it doesn’t need to be. The data on their own are that incriminating. (Dr. Bauer has his own substack, linked here and also in my recommendations.)

My honorable mention is not a book but a monograph, Mother to child transmission of HIV by the Perth Group. The sheer amount of information about “transmission” and the tests used is invaluable, although it is quite dense. If you’re ready for a deep dive into this subject, definitely check it out.

I’ll be back with another book review soon! These are only a few of what I consider to be essential reading on this subject.

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