So what is AIDS, then?

I have, throughout my involvement in the AIDS debate, deliberately not posited an alternative cause for AIDS. There are two primary reasons for this. The first is simple and comes directly from my training as a mathematician: as a critic of a theory, all I have to do to disprove that theory is to, well, disprove it; specifically by detailing all the ways in which the theory fails to explain or to predict reality (quite spectacularly, as it turns out). Additionally, I can point out all the inconsistencies and circular logic within said theoretical framework. I am in no way obliged to suggest an alternative causation, especially for something as poorly defined as AIDS. (Refer to the changing definition of AIDS over the years.) To disprove a theorem, all that is needed is a single counter example.

The second reason is a bit more ephemeral but I will try to explain my thinking. The problem, as I mentioned, is that AIDS is not well defined. HIV-positive associated immune deficiency looks clinically very different in different risk groups and even in different countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, heterosexual AIDS is said to be a big problem, but it is virtually nonexistent outside of that region.

However, it is abundantly clear that there is indeed an epidemic of acquired immune deficiency. The immune system does not concern itself only with infectious diseases; it is involved in eliminating malignant cells, it reacts to environmental stresses, and so forth. One only needs to look at excessive levels of autoimmune disorders such as Lyme disease, lupus, CFS/ME and strange allergies that we see nowadays, especially among children and women - not typically considered AIDS risk groups. Is this not an immune dysfunction that has been acquired somehow?

I don’t have an answer to what does cause AIDS because I’m not sure AIDS is one thing. That’s my simple explanation, and it isn’t terribly satisfying. So the question I would like to pose is the following: What is going on in the environment and/or the human body that is causing an epidemic of immune problems? Unlike some (not all!) of my rethinker friends, I don’t think it’s vaccinations, at least not for the most part. They could be a factor. Most of the information we have about these illnesses among unvaccinated versus vaccinated people is entirely anecdotal. Are there other infections at play that have somehow escaped our notice because of the tunnel vision of the HIV/AIDS hypothesis? I don’t know. What I do know is that, to paraphrase Liam Scheff again, “AIDS is real, HIV is not”. While I don’t know what causes AIDS, what I do know is this. As long as research into acquired immune deficiency continues in this narrow paradigm, we are doing a tremendous disservice to all those whose immune related illnesses fall outside of the narrow HIV/AIDS distinction. It is far past time for some real answers from honest researchers.