AIDS Conspiracy Theories #
March 20th, 2008 | In Worth Knowing
Among the false beliefs about the disease, this one seems the most unusual:
Among the most popular, and pernicious, conspiracy theories is that AIDS isn’t caused by a virus at all. Peter Duesberg, a biology professor at University of California-Berkeley, has argued that drugs and promiscuity are the principal causes of the disease in the United States. He attributes AIDS in Africa to malnutrition.