{"article":{"id":10324,"heading":"Rodney Richards, Ph.D.: Why the \"HIV Tests\" Can't Tell You Whether You Have HIV","author":"Mark Gabrish Conlan\/Zenger's Newsmagazine","created":"2001-09-17 19:10:41","modified":"2005-08-15 00:38:52","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:38:52","article":"

RODNEY RICHARDS, Ph.D.:













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<\/p>\n","contact":"mgconlan@earthlink.net","link":"http:\/\/zengers.tripod.com\/ \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a2 http:\/\/healsd.org","address":"P.O. Box 50134, San Diego, CA 92165","phone":"(619) 688-1886","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Interview with Rodney Richards, Ph.D., organic chemist who spent 13 years with Amgen and Abbott Laboratories working on diagnostic tests for HIV and other microbes. Dr. Richards explains that HIV has never been isolated by classical chemical standards; all the so-called \"HIV tests\" look for indirect markers; and they can be used to assess a general risk for immune suppression but not for the presence of HIV.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/09\/rodney_ric.txt","filesize":"29.7 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/09\/10324.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":10364,"heading":"HIV politics = Death!","article":"Thanks so much for posting this important information! I worked with PWAs, and many have had positive HIV tests that subsequently turned negative. One teenager had a positive HIV test despite having no risk factors.\r\n\r\nSadly, once people receive a HIV+ diagnosis, they mentally think they are going to die, and know nothing about the inaccuracies of the tests.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, many people die from the deadly side-effects of AIDS drugs, which are given to people on the basis of a faulty test.\r\n\r\nIsn't it true that the same test is used on animals to test for hoof and mouth disease?","author":"AIDS drugs Kill!","parent_id":10324,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-09-18 17:38:25","modified":"2001-09-18 17:52:25","fileurl":""}]}