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"... an engaging piece of investigative journalism ... exposes deep problems with the standards of medical research." -- Gal Beckerman, Coulumbia Journalism Review

"Farber is the best AIDS reporter in the country." -- Michael Callen, Co-Founder, People With AIDS

"This is spun gold. Pure and simple." -- Charles Geshekter, Professor of History, California State University

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“Although much of what Farber dredges up is not new, the fact remains that her argument has not been answered to the satisfaction of a lot of people. I would guess that it is not going to be so easy now to sweep this debate under the carpet by naming Farber and Duesberg and others ‘crazies’ and ‘HIV deniers.’ As Farber herself points out, there is too much money and greed now controlling the entire system of our ‘treatment’ for that to be an effective response.”
—Larry kramer, Founder, ACT UP

“It’s an engaging piece of investigative journalism that exposes deep problems with the standards of medical research when it comes to AIDS.... Her argument is that AIDS has become an industry and a certain kind of sloppiness has entered the search for new anti-retroviral drugs.”
—Gal Beckerman, Columbia Journalism Review



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  • Paperback: 345 pages
  • Publisher: Melville House (April 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1933633018
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933633015
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #214,078 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Corruption of Science, February 1, 2007
By John Bleau (Quebec, QC Canada) - See all my reviews
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Science is facing some serious challenges nowadays. We have people who insist that humans walked alongside dinosaurs or that there is no such thing as time dilation, regardless of the scientific canon, we still have catastrophists and UFOlogists and people who insist that the moon landings were a fraud... It's a frustrating thing, sometimes, to waste precious time on people who have corrupted science out of ignorance or for their non-scientific agendas, and one can be tempted to insist on censoring them and locking them out of the hallowed halls of science.

I have examined various challenges to the established scientific currents and found them wanting. I validated a number of calculations regarding relativity, refuted a computation that arrives at a 6,400 year age for the sun, studied the videos of men on the moon: I invested much precious time examining sundry claims. It's clear to me that there are many Corruptors of science, with the AIDS dissidents seemingly among the worst.

Delving into the complicated world of HIV/AIDS, however, I found that I could not refute the better-laid arguments of the dissidents while the orthodoxy repeatedly fails to substantiate its fundamental tenets. Whereas creationists are almost exclusively religious zealots, AIDS dissidents include Nobel laureates and thousands of Ph.D.s, physicians and scientists. When I would read that there is no study that establishes the necessary presence of HIV in patients, that HIV has never been isolated from any one patient, that no study has established the sexual transmissibility of HIV, that the pathology of HIV has never been demonstrated, that the spike in AIDS deaths corresponds to AZT prescription, etc., I would check these statements from sites such as TheBody, the NIH, the CDC - bastions of the orthodoxy. I would follow the unfortunately very rare discussions (for ex. Foley vs. Rasnick) on the web, and much to my surprise, the orthodoxy has never been able to meet these challenges. The HIV virus seems to have arisen out of a scientific void.

Farber's book gives a good account of the history of the purported virus, the players in the drama, the forces at work, such that the reader will see what is lacking in the science and how such a big lie can come to be. She has been in the trenches from very early on and I perceive no agenda on her part other than to uncover the truth - it is, after all, hardly a good career move to challenge a 170 billion dollar juggernaut. Accusations that the dissidents are doing it for the money are ludicrous. A similar argument goes for Duesberg, who would be far better off financially (and reputation-wise) if he were to renege on his dissidence, but he has adamantly refused: the only motive I can imagine is respect for the truth, a quality that is in perilously short supply.

I give the book three stars because the majority of reviewers here are the choir to which important dissidents such as Farber are preaching. Some of the one-star reviewers also have their minds made up the other way. Though you may find the dissident claims surprising, those of you who realize that you really don't know are the important audience. The book merits five stars as befits its quality and that of its author, but gets three as befits the controversial nature of its contents. But it must be read. There is a battle going on right now to get "life-saving" AZT and nevirapine into Africa, but these are lethally toxic drugs and the several hundred thousand who died needlessly over here from AZT will translate into tens of millions over there, with the deaths being attributed to AIDS and not the drugs. For this reason alone, minds and books such as Farber's are hugely important.

Much of Serious Adverse Events had already been known to me and however hard I may try and have tried to refute the facts it contains, I wind up only strengthening them. How is such a big lie possible, with constant media harping about "HIV/AIDS" and "life-saving anti-retroviral medicine"? Some of the answers are in this book. If, as I am now convinced, the HIV=AIDS paradigm is false, then we are faced with the chilling fact that we can hardly contemplate locking the Corruptors out of the halls of science: they're already barricading themselves in and the Duesbergs out.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable job!, July 23, 2006
By Ishbel Szatrawski (Cracow, Poland) - See all my reviews
I have read about AIDS for a long time and this is the first book that made me change some of my opinions TOTALLY! The author is ivestigating all of the tiny little pieces of the AIDS mosaic - the problems with qualifying and defining the HIV virus and its role (or perhaps no role?) in the disease itself; the cultural aspects of perceiving AIDS; the fierce fight between all of the groups involved in the subject; the drug industry which fights for its income; and most of all, usual ordinary people who have AIDS, who fight it, who die; those who have never been infected, but told to have AIDS; and, finally, those who support the dying people. An unbelievable job by a hyper-professional reporter. A story of life, death, and commitment. I'd like to reccomend it to everone!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Unanswered Questions, August 15, 2006
Because of its catastrophic impact and the unique time and place it struck, AIDS very quickly became more than a medical story. It took on tremendous political, moral, sexual, religious, intellectual and economic significance as well, and Farber argues that these elements soon came to dominate and distort the medical science. If she's right, pretty much everything we've been told about AIDS--what it is, what causes it, how it spreads, how it may be resisted and cured--is wrong, a collusion of panic, politics and greed. AIDS became a dogma, and anyone who questioned it a heretic. At great cost to her career, Farber has questioned the dogma for 20 years. This book is a fascinating alternate history of AIDS, a chronology of how she and other "heretics" believe it all went wrong. This is not kooky conspiracy theory. Ultimately, it's an Orwellian treatise on intellectual totalitarianism in our time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for HIV
First off, I am following for myself the 'accepted' course of protocol for HIV. Nevertheless, this book covers ideas and facts that any interested person should read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Timeless and staggering.
Truly inspiring. Ms. Farber's work will become a testament to the power of the human intelligence and will to overcome lies, ignorance and fear. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars This is a Censored History of HIV/AIDS
Celia Farber is no journalist. A journalist might want to look at both sides. Celia does not interview any people with HIV who are doing well on current treatments. Read more
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I first came to this debate after reading an online essay of Farber's that explained the numerous discrepancies surrounding HIV testing practices. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very important book
well-researched, written over a twenty-year period; intriguing prose that pulls you on to read the many, many important details that reveal an alternate reality
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5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Of Armor
Yes, the questions Farber raises are important. Yes, she should not be attacked, ostracized or ignored simply for raising these questions. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite writing
As an author, let me concentrate for the moment, not on the research -- nor on the profound insights -- that Celia Farber presents in Serious Adverse Events. Read more
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