the past, we have received comments about the ?overwhelming evidence? (a favorite expression of establishment scientists) for HIV causing AIDS, but precious little direct comments on the specific challenges [to] the theory, challenges which are now widening the chinks in the armor of the HIV hypothesis into gaping holes.? sci.med.aids newsgroup, December 29, 1996 ?I wonder if there is a virus that causes people to be closed-minded, refusing to consider facts that challenge what they thought they knew? Now there is an epidemic that could seriously threaten humanity (and already has, as witnessed by the poisoning of thousands under the guise of [Aids] ?therapy?).? Rethinking AIDS Digest, Oct 3, 1997 ?You ought to be just as skeptical of scientists as you are with other people.? Valley Advocate, July 7, 1998 ? Todd Miller , PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida ?A scientific hypothesis riddled with holes is being kept alive by vested interests reaping huge profits from drugs and vaccines that are worse than useless, while safe and effective approaches based on nutritional, herbal, and other low-cost, easily available interventions are being suppressed and ignored.? ?One result of commerce-driven science is the growing number of scandals, especially in biomedical research, where nasty side-effects or lack of efficacy of new drugs seem increasingly to be hidden from public view until significant damage has been done. Nowadays there?s the tragedy of AIDS, where the mainstream dogma that HIV is the cause may