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New York City
April 1990
The authoritarian mind-set of our times demands credentials. It is not enough to evaluate a man's argument on its merits: the quality of his evidence and reasoning. It is obligatory to know by what license, degree, or title he has the authority to speak.
In writing these articles, I've tried to be both a good generalist and a good specialist. My academic background (Harvard) is in the social sciences, and I have two decades of experience as a survey research executive and analyst. Sometimes this background was helpful, as when analyzing clinical trials. But I've also had to study a number of fields that were new to me: medicine, molecular biology, public health, toxicology, etc. When necessary I've sought expert advice.
This book contains my major AZT articles from The New York Native, and some additional material. There is a certain amount of repetition, but I don't think a good reader will mind. In the midst of struggle, I have neither the time nor energy to write an entirely new book. In addition, there may be historical value in preserving these articles as they were published.
Chapter I, "Poison By Prescription: The AZT Story", gives an overview of the situation as of about the middle of 1989.
Chapter II, "AZT On Trial", is the most important article – an in-depth analysis of the Phase II trials, which were the basis of government approval for AZT, as well as claims that AZT "extends life".
Chapter III, The Epidemiology of Fear", confronts bad government science exacerbated by bad journalism, laying to rest the claim that 99% of those infected with the "AIDS virus" will develop "AIDS".
Chapter IV describes dialogue on AZT among people with AIDS and physicians. Chapter V dissects a major AZT survival study, which has been used falsely to claim benefits for AZT.
Chapters VI through X describe chronologically the progress of a campaign to give AZT to healthy people. This unspeakably evil campaign, which I characterize as "iatrogenic genocide", is building momentum right now. The end result will be many tens of thousands of deaths from AZT poisoning – deaths that predictably will be diagnosed and reported as "AIDS".
I have argued in print since 1984 that the "AIDS virus" is a poor candidate for causing "AIDS". In the summer of 1987 I was the first journalist to interview the molecular biologist, Peter Duesberg, and my interview with him in the Native was largely responsible for bringing the HIV debate into the public arena. Chapter XI is an excerpt from that interview, Chapter XII describes a forum where Professor Duesberg held his own against members of the "AIDS Establishment", and Chapter XIII is an excerpt from a more recent interview. Chapter XIV is a talk I gave at a Bronx forum, where every one of the speakers rejected the hypothesis that HIV is the cause of "AIDS".
I am proud to self-publish this book. In the absence of a free press – and right now there is precious little free speech for "AIDS dissidents" – I have done what had to be done, using the tools available to me. It's neither fun nor profitable to be the whistle-blower on a dangerous drug. Anxiety is a constant companion, and friends and allies can seem few and far between. But my conscience is clear, and I am learning anew the value of self-reliance.
I hope to persuade the reader that I am right. The day is coming when historians will look back on the AZT episode as a tragedy, a crime against humanity, and one of the greatest frauds in medical history.
Sounding the tocsin on AZT is a job for all of us.
© 1990 by John Lauritsen
