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rivkaIt's a mean, petty thing, but I confess that I'm kind of looking forward to being able to say "the late Christine Maggiore" when I give my talk on Friday.
(I'm putting up a screenshot from Maggiore's organization's website to illustrate what I mean by "HIV conspiracy theories," in case there are people in the audience who aren't HIV specialists and haven't encountered that stuff before.)
...Huh. I went looking for a link describing Maggiore's death, and found that aidstruth.org obtained a copy of her death certificate, which is public information. She died of disseminated herpes viral infection, bilateral bronchial pneumonia, and oral candadiasis. Conditions you would totally expect to find in a healthy 52-year-old, right? Which is why the denialists are trying to claim that she didn't die of AIDS.
Oh, this all makes me so ill.
(I'm putting up a screenshot from Maggiore's organization's website to illustrate what I mean by "HIV conspiracy theories," in case there are people in the audience who aren't HIV specialists and haven't encountered that stuff before.)
...Huh. I went looking for a link describing Maggiore's death, and found that aidstruth.org obtained a copy of her death certificate, which is public information. She died of disseminated herpes viral infection, bilateral bronchial pneumonia, and oral candadiasis. Conditions you would totally expect to find in a healthy 52-year-old, right? Which is why the denialists are trying to claim that she didn't die of AIDS.
Oh, this all makes me so ill.
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