From: optilink!manley@uunet.uu.net (Dave Manley)
Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
Subject: Re: Regarding the "On TV" discussion
Date: 30 Aug 91 00:01:47 GMT
Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA
Note: non-commercial reproduction.
Archive-Number: 3433

In article <1991Aug29.031257.23455@cs.ucla.edu>, klier@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
> Regarding the "On TV" discussion:

>     I'm new to this discussion group, and can claim no real expertise
> with HIV or AIDS related issues. However, I do teach beginning
> college-level biology classes out here in the hinterlands of Iowa, 
> where the prevailing notion is that AIDS isn't a problem here in 
> Iowa.  Somehow, we are supposed to be magically protected by our 
> old-fashioned virtues and small-town living.  Yeah. right.

Unless you deliberately isolate yourself, no matter where you live
there is some risk of becoming infected with something.  The question
then becomes if one leads a typical (not isolated) life, what is your
personal risk?  Obviously, your risk is lower if you live in an area
where an infectious agent is not present. If there are few vectors
bringing the agent into the population then your risk also remains
low.  If the mode of transmission is blood borne, vs air borne,then
the risk is also lower. So what is happening in Iowa wrt HIV?  Based
on the statistics, Iowa is one of the safest places to live in the US.
Only Alaska, Idaho, North and South Dakota and Wyoming have lower
rates of AIDS per 100,000 population.  The current rate in Iowa is 3.5
per 100,000 as compared to 44.1 in New York state.  If you look at
cities you see a rate of 134.2 in San Francisco and 83.8 in Miami.  It
is obvious that there is a great difference in risk between rural and
urban areas.  As long as Iowa does not become a mecca for HIV+
individuals there is no reason to assume that the rate of infection is
going to greatly increase.  The behavior of the majority of the
residents of Iowa is not one which will cause an epidemic in Iowa.
So, yeah, right, Iowa is 'protected'.

>    When talking to my students, the following notions come up
> again and again:
> 
> --- you only get AIDS if you're a gay male
> --- you only get AIDS in the big, bad city
> --- women are not at risk for AIDS

The notions are wrong because they are not specific enough.  As
generalizations they do, sort of, reflect certain aspects of reality.

>     Somehow, the message still isn't getting through that HIV infections
> can be sexually transmitted, regardless of the genders of the participants
> (given exchange of enough virus).

The key to this though is the efficiency of the mode of transmission.
IVDAs sharing needles without cleaning between use is a very efficient
mode of transmission. Likewise, receptive anal intercourse is a fairly
good mode of transmission. Heterosexual intercourse is not a great
mode of transmission, but it is worse to be the female than it is to
be the male.  Oral intercourse, on the other hand is not a very good
mode of transmission. Given these modes of transmission, and having one 
partner HIV+ what is the result: if you practice a very risky behaviour
you will *probably immediately* become HIV+, if you practice a low risk
behaviour you *may eventually* become HIV+.  These are important
differences.  People need to identify their personal risk.  They
need to evaluate their partners.  They need to know that people
often will lie about the subject.

It isn't good enough to tell people that everyone, everywhere is at
risk, as if to imply that all risks are equal.   This will only
generate a hysterical level of fear, leading to such ideas as
requiring HIV testing before obtaining a marriage license.  Illinois,
tried this for a while, and then (if I remember right) stopped,
because the testing was targeting people at low risk, and was
thus useless.

>  IV drug use/contaminated needles and
> blood products is rarely even considered as possibly having a
> connection with HIV transmission.

In Iowa there probably isn't that much IV drug abuse.  In Iowa
the population has a low rate of AIDS, therefore, the rate
of HIV in the blood supply, assuming it is locally obtained,
is low.  Adding HIV screening further minimizes blood product
transmission efficiency.

> And there's still enough
> homophobia around that I think the only way to reach a significant subset 
> of the population may be prime-time shows with heterosexual transmission.
> 

This may be right.  But, it should be done in a way that does not
exagerate the risk that heterosexual partners of individuals not in
the at risk groups are actually exposed to. 

> Sometimes, I guess I just feel so _OLD_.  I guess I can't remember what
> it was like to feel as invulnerable as some of my students seem to feel.
> 
>                 -- Kay Klier
>                    Biology Dept.
>                    University of Northern Iowa

The quoted statistics, btw, are from a recent posting in sci.med 
containing:

HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report from the Centers for Disease Control
TUESDAY   AUGUST 13, 1991

Suggested Citation:
Centers for Disease Control. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, August, 1991

Report Description
The U.S. AIDS case data presented below are extracted from the "HIV/AIDS   
Surveillance Report", published each month by the Division of HIV/AIDS,
Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 3033$In addition to the data presented here, the printed report contains maps,  
figures, and technical notes. Single copies of the printed report are
available free from:

                 National AIDS Information Clearinghouse
                 P.O. Box 6003
                 Rockville, MD 20850

I would highly recommend reading the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report (MMWR) from the CDC for further information on these issues.
They are available in collections and also I believe in (exerpted?)
in JAMA.

-Dave


Dave, this file was sent to me by a friend about 1 month
back.....you may find it interesting! The video spoken of is the
same video I have ...... Len
=================================================================== 
I pulled this article off the Net last year and didn't do anything
with it until a friend sent me the video that's mentioned in the
following text. It makes some alarming statements, and _could_ very
well be true if proven out. There's voluminous sources mentioned in
here if anyone feels adventurous enough to actually cross-reference
the documents mentioned. The *video*  is pretty straight-forward
and lucidly explained. I _personally_ feel that it took a tremendous
act of guts on behalf of Dr. Strecker to even make the video.
 
I already know this is both a sensitive and controversial subject and
would ask those who read this re-post to please refrain from "shooting
the messenger" and instead concentrate on the message. Personal attacks
on *me* are not only immature, but off-topic. I presume that we are
adult enough to handle the topic at hand,right?
 
This is the entire article that was first posted to alt.activism in 1990.
 
-------Begin Included article ---------------------------------------------
 
 
 
From:    John Winters
To:      All                                      Msg #19, 26-Apr-90 08:34
Subject: The design of the A.I.D.S. virus
 
From: winters@gumby.paradyne.com (John Winters)
Date: 24 Apr 90 03:38:11 GMT
Organization: AT&T Paradyne, Largo, Florida
Newsgroups: alt.activism
 
The following is published with permission.  Permission is granted
to republish as required to educate the public and warn them.
This may be verifyed at the phone numbers that follow.
 
I am sorry that this has taken so long to reach you.
Editorial comments may be sent to winters@pdn.paradyne.com.
 
 
Look these up to find out how the AIDS virus started.  And what it is
made of.
 
The following annotated bibliography was written by Dr. Robert B. Strecker.
 
For more information, please contact:
 
                        THE STRECKER GROUP
                        1216 Wilshire Blvd.
                        Los Angeles, CA 90017
 
                  (213) 977-1210, (213) 977-0901
                 Outside California: (800)548-3198
 
 
GENERAL
 
 
Greenberg DS  Whatever Happened to the War on Cancer?  Discover 1986;
March:47
 
Leibowitch, J.  A Strange Virus of Unknown Origin.  trans. Howard R.
(Un Virus Estrange Vinu D'Ailleurs.  Grasset et Fasquelle 1984)  New
York:  Ballentine Books 1985.
 
Connor, S.  AIDS:  Mystery of the Missing Data; AIDS: Science Stands On
Trial  New Scientist 116: 19, 49-58,1987.
 
 
 
PREDICTION
 
Letter by committee on Recombinant DNA, National Research Council,
National Academy Of Sciences.  Potential Biohazzards of Recombinant DNA
Molecules  Science 26 July 1974.
 
Anonymous  Un-Natural Viruses  Nature New Biology 230:65-66, 1971.
 
Clemmesen J.  Summation  Comparative Leukemia Research 1973,
Leukemogenesis, Bibl. Haematologica  No. 40, Ed. Y. Ito and R M
Dutcher; University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo/Karger, Basel, pp 783-792,
1975.
 
Burnet F.M.  Men Or Molecules?  A Tilt at Molecular Biology  Lancet
1:37-39, 1966.
 
 
PRECIDENT
 
Shah K. and Nathanson N.  Human Exposure to SV40: Review and Comment
American J Epidemiology 103:1-12,1976.
 
 
 
REQUEST
 
 
Allison A C  Beveridge WIB.  Cockburn W C. et al. Virus-Associated
Immunopathology: Animal Models and Implications for Human Disease
Bulletin WHO 47:257-263,1972.
 
 
Amos D B  Bodmer W F.  Ceppelini R. et al. Biological Significance of
Histocompatibility Antigens.  Fogerty International Center Proceedings
No. 15.  Fed Proc 31:1087-1104,1972.
 
Higginson J  The Epidemiological Program of the International Agency
for Research on Cancer.  In: Seventh National Cancer Conference
Proceedings. Los Angeles: American Cancer Society, Inc. and National
Cancer Institute. pp.679-684,1972.  (Note the map on page 681 as it
relates to the epidemiology of AIDS)
 
 
PRODUCTION
 
Dent P B  Immunodepression by Oncogenic Viruses  Progr. Med. Virol.
14:1-35,1972.
 
Aaroson S A  Common Genetic Alterations of RNA Tumor Viruses Grown in
Human Cells Nature 230:445-447,1972.  (An explanation of how to adapt
a retrovirus growing in one species to another - in this case human)
 
Maruyama K and Dmochowski L  Cross-species Transmission of Mammalian
RNA Tumor Viruses  Texas Medicine 69:65-75,1973.  (A Study of how to
adapt a retrovirus growing in one species to another in vivo)
 
Maruyama K  Wagner S H and Dmochoski L  Sarcomas Induced in Rats by
Feline RNA Virus  Bibl. Haemat. 40:93-95,1975.
 
Bonnard G D  Manders E K  Campbell D A  et al.   Immunosuppressive
Activity of a Subline of the Mouse EL-4 Lymphoma  Evidence for Minute
Virus of Mice (MVM) Causing the Inhibition  J. Exp. Med.
143:187-205,1976.  (This paper along with the Iorio paper on the
production of a viral immunodepressive factor producing AIDS proves
the relationship between Bull. WHO 47:257,1972 and the subsequent
appearance of immunodepressive viruses.)
 
PRODUCTION  RELATIONSHIP OF AIDS TO BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS
 
Clapham P  Nagy K and Weiss R A  Pseudotypes of Human T-cell Leukemia
Virus Types 1 and 2:Neutralization by Patients' Sera  Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci.  81:2886-2889,1984.
 
Shaw G M  Gonda M A  Flickinger G H et. al.  Genomes of Evolutionarily
Divergent Members of the Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Family (HTLV-I
and HTLV-II) are Highly Conserved, Especially in pX  Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci. 81:4544-4548,1984.
 
Gonda M A  Wong-Stall F  Gallo R C et. al.  Heteroduplex Mapping in
the Molecular Analysis of the Human T-cell Leukemia (Lymphotropic)
Viruses  Cancer Research 45(Supplement):4553s-4558,1985.
 
Rice N R  Stephens R M  Burny A et. al. The gag and pol Genes of Bovine
Leukemia Virus:  Nucleotide Sequence and Analysis  Virology
142:357-377,1985.  (Shows that BLV is highly related to HTLV I)
 
Burny A  Bruck G  Cleuter Y et. al.  Bovine Leukemia Virus, a
Distinguished Member of the Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Family
Retroviruses in Human Lymphoma Leukemia M. Miwa et. al. Eds. Japan Sci.
Soc. Press.  Tokyo, VNU Science Press, Utrecht, pp. 219-227,. 1983.
(Demonstrates the close structural and functional relationships between BLV and
Human
Retroviruses)
 
Alizon M and Montagnier L  Relationship of AIDS to other Retroviruses
Nature 313-743,1985.
 
Chiu I M  Yaniv A  Dahlberg J E et. al.  Nucleotide Sequence Evidence
for Relationship of AIDS retrovirus to Lentiviruses  Nature
317:366-368,1985.  (Demonstrates a relationship to BLV and Visna viruses,
among others)
 
Sanchez-Pescador R  Power M D  Barr P J et al.  Nucleotide Sequence
and Expression of an AIDS-Associated Retrovirus (ARV-2)  Science
227:484-492,1985.
 
Ratner L Haseltine W  Patarca R et al.  Complete Nucleotide Sequence
of the AIDS Virus, HTLV III  Nature 313:227-284,1985.  (The authors
including RC Gallo demonstrate the relationship of AIDS to BLV)
 
 
Van Der Maaten M J and Miller J M  Serological Evidence of Transmission
of Bovine Leukemia Virus to Chimpanzees  Veterinary Microbiology
1:351-357,1976.
 
PRODUCTION RELATIONSHIP OF AIDS TO VISNA VIRUS
 
Alizon M and Montagnier L  Lymphadenopathy/AIDS Virus:   Genetic
Organization and Relationship to Animal Lentiviruses  Anticancer
Research 6:403-412,1986.
 
Sonigo P  Alizon M  Staskus K et al.  Nucleotide Sequence of the Visna
Virus: Relationship to the AIDS Virus  Cell 42:369-382,1985.
 
Gonda M A  Wong-Staal F  Gallo R C et al.  Sequence Homology and
Morphologic Similarity of HTLV-III and Visna Virus, a Pathogenic
Lentivirus  Science 227:173-177,1985.
 
Essex M  McLane M F  Lee T H et al.  Antibodies to Cell Membrane
Antigens Associated With Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus in Patients with
AIDS  Science 220:859-862,1983.
 
PRODUCTION RELATIONSHIP TO BOVINE VISNA VIRUS
 
Gonda M A  Molecular Genetics and Structure of the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus  J Electron Micro 8:17-40,1988.
 
Gonda M A  Braun M J  Carter S G et al.  Characterization and
Molecular Cloning of a Bovine Lentivirus Related to Human
Immunodeficiency Virus  Nature 330:388-391,1987.  (Relationship of
AIDS to BVV - its "closest relative")
 
Grote J  Bovine Visna Virus and the Origin of HIV  British Journal of
the Royal Society of Medicine 81:620,1988.
 
Strecker R B  AIDS Virus Infection  Brittish Journal of the Royal
Society of Medicine 79:559-560,1986.  (First article in print to
address how the AIDS virus was manufactured).
 
Seale J  Origins of the AIDS Viruses, HIV-I and HIV-2:Fact or Fiction?
Discussion Paper  British Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
81:617-619,1988.
 
Mims C A  Vertical Transmission Of Viruses  Microbiological Reviews
45:267-286,1981.  (States that an "alleged bovine visna virus" is
contaminating fetal calf serum - thereby implicating all tissue
cultures of the world as possible source for AIDS)
 
 
Boothe A D and Van Der Maaten M J  Ultrastructural Studies Of a
Visna-Like Syncytia-producing Virus from Cattle with Lymphocytosis
J Virology 13:197-204,1974. (Demonstrates the morphology of BVV as being
identical to AIDS)
 
Georgiades J A  Billiau A  and Vanderschueren  Infection of Human Cell
Cultures with Bovine Visna Virus  J. Genn. Virology 38:375-381,1978.
(Demonstrates the growth of BVV in human malignant tissue, and
suggests that BVV may be a cause of either a malignant or slow virus
disease in man)
 
McClure H M  Keeling M E  Custer R P et al.  Erythroleukemia in Two
Infant chimps fed milk from cows Naturally Infected with the Bovine
C-Type Virus  Cancer Research 34:2745-2757,1974. (Demonstrates the
development of AIDS in two chimps fed cow virus orally in 1974.  The
Chimps Died of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.  Pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia had not been reported in chimpanzees up to this time)
 
Note: See article above by Van Der Maaten and Miller on the
transmission bovine leukemia virus to chimpanzees in 1976
 
Mulder C  Human AIDS Virus Not From Monkeys  Nature 333:396,1988.
 
Penny D  Origin of the AIDS virus.  Nature 333:494-495,1988.
 
Parks, W P  Gilden R V  Bykovsky A F et al.  Mason-Pfizer Virus
Characterization:A Similar Virus in a Human Amniotic Cell Line  J
Virology 12:1540-1547,1973.
 
Grantham R and Perrin P  AIDS Virus and HTLV I Differ in Codon Choices
Nature 319:727-728,1986.
 
Wain-Hobson S  Sonigo P  Danos O et al.  Nucleotide Sequence of the
AIDS Virus, LAV  Cell 40:9-17,1985.
 
PRODUCTION  HOW TO MAKE NEW LEUKEMIA OR CANCER CAUSING AGENTS IN THE
LABORATORY
 
Rapp U R  Goldsborough M D  Mark C E et al.  Structure and Biological
Activity of v-raf, a Unique Oncogene Transduced by a Retrovirus  Proc.
Nat. Acad. Sci. 80:4218-4222,1983.
 
Rapp U R and Todaro G J  Generation of Oncogenic Mouse Type C Viruses:
In Vitro Selection of Carcinoma-inducing Variants  Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci.  77:624-628,1980.
 
Rapp U R and Todaro G J  Generation of Oncogenic Type C Viruses:
Rapidly Leukemogenic Viruses Derived from C3H Cells in Vivo and in
vitro  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 75:2468-2472,1978.
 
Rapp U R and Todaro G J Generation of New Mouse Sarcoma Viruses in
Cell Culture  Science 201:821-824,1978.
 
Tsichlis P N  Conklin K F and Coffin J M  Mutant and Recombinant Avian
Retroviruses with Extended Host Range  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
77:536-540,1980.
 
Rasheed S  Gardner M B and Huebner R J  In Vitro Isolation of Stable
Rat Sarcoma Viruses  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 75:2972-2976,1978.
 
PRODUCTION  RECOMBINATION AMONG RETROVIRUSES (THAT WHICH IS NOT
SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IS IN FACT THE VERY ESSENCE OF RETROVIROLOGY)
 
Coffin J M  Structure, Replication, and Recombination of Retrovirus
Genomes:  Some Unifying Hypotheses  Review Article  J. Gen. Virology
42:1-26,1979.
 
Hunter E  The Mechanism for Genetic Recombination in the Avian
Retroviruses  Current Topics in Micro. and Immun. 79:295-309,1978.
 
Blair D G  Genetic Recombinatioon Between Avian Leukosis and Sarcoma
Viruses.  Experimental Variables and the Frequencies of Recombination
Virology 77:534-544,1977.
 
Wang L H  Duesberg P H  Mellon P et al. Distribution of
Envelope-specific and Sarcoma-specific Nucleotide Sequences from
Different Parents in the RNAs of Avian Tumor Virus Recombinants  Proc.
Nat. acad. Sci. 73:1073-1077,1976.
 
Duesberg P  Vogt P K  Beemon K et al.  Avian RNA Tumor Viruses:
Mechanism of Recombination and Complexity of the Genome  Cold Spring
Harbor Symp. Quantitative Biology 39:847-857,1974.
 
Wang L  Duesberg P  Kawai S et al.  Location of Envelope-specific and
Sarcoma-specific Oligonucleotides on Rna of Schmidt-Tuppin Rous
Sarcoma Virus  Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.  73:447-451,1978.
 
Junghans R P  Boone L R  Skalka A M  Retroviral DNA H Structures:
Displacement-Assimilation Model of Recombination  Cell 30:53-62,1982.
 
Iorio A M  Barzi A  Merletti P R et al.  A Viral Immunodepressive
Factor Associated With Experimental Mouse Tumors  Cancer Research
36:3851-3853,1976.  (This paper establishes beyond any reasonable
doubt the relationship between the intentional production of viruses
capable of immunodepression and the "REQUEST" for the production of
the AIDS virus in Bull. WHO 47:257-263,1972.  See references and the
Bonnard, Manders, and Campbell paper above under PRODUCTION.)
 
 
--- QM v1.00
 * Origin: MaMaB--the Machine in Mark's Bedroom (1:363/9.0)
 
 
From:    John Winters
To:      All                                      Msg #20, 26-Apr-90 08:34
Subject: AIDS creation and deployment
 
From: winters@gumby.paradyne.com (John Winters)
Date: 24 Apr 90 03:39:50 GMT
Organization: AT&T Paradyne, Largo, Florida
Newsgroups: alt.activism
 
The following paper, entitled "IS AIDS BIOLOGICAL WARFARE"
was sent to me by Dr. Strecker who has no access to computer
networks for the explicit purpose of universal publication
without charge or consideration for the purpose of education only.
Further information is available as noted below.  The remainder of this
file is by Dr. Strecker (John Winters   winters@pdn.paradyne.com)
 
 
 
IS AIDS BIOLOGICAL WARFARE?
 
 
THE STRECKER MEMORANDUM
 
 
     Thank you for requesting this information.    We
have a story to tell you, a very strange story, one
that affects you, me, and every other human being on
earth.  A story that must be taken seriously by the
governments of every nation in the world because there
may not be many humans left to govern by the turn of
the century, or shortly thereafter.  A story so
bizarre, and so sinister that, if it were not for the
fact that it is all true, it would make a great science
fiction thriller. (Interestingly enough, Lorimar
Pictures of Hollywood has purchased the rights to Dr.
Strecker's life story.)
 
 
The story begins in 1983 with Dr. Robert B. Strecker,
M.D., Ph.D.  Dr. Strecker practices internal medicine
and gastroenterology in Los Angeles.  He is a trained
pathologist and also holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology.
Dr. Strecker and his brother, Ted, an attorney, were
preparing a proposal for a health maintenance
organization (HMO) for Security Pacific Bank of
California.  They needed to know the long-term
financial effects of insuring and treating AIDS
patients.  In as much as this information was not
readily available in 1983, both brothers began
researching the medical literature to learn what they
could about this relatively new disease.  The
information they uncovered right from the beginning was
so startling to them, so hard to believe, that it would
dramatically alter both their lives and lead them on a
five year quest culminating with the creation of "The
Strecker Memorandum," the most controversial video tape
of our time, and a remarkable set of documents called
"The Bioattack Alert."
 
WHAT THEY DISCOVERED
 
 
Right there in the medical literature for anyone to
read for themselves was, basically, proof that the AIDS
virus and pandemic was actually PREDICTED years ago by
a world famous virologist, among others.  They found
that top scientists writing in the Bulletin of the
World Health Organization were actually REQUESTING that
AIDS like viruses be created to study the effects on
humans.  In fact, the Streckers unearthed thousands of
documents all supporting the manmade origin of AIDS.
Meanwhile, the government was telling everyone that a
green monkey in Africa bit some native and started
AIDS.  As their research continued, it became obvious
from the documentation that the virus itself was not
only created as requested, but actually DEPLOYED, and
now threatens the existence of mankind because it does
what it was designed to do:  cause cancer in humans via
a contagious virus. Eventually the Streckers came to
realize everything the government, the so-called AIDS
experts and media were telling the public was not only
misleading, but out and out lies.  The truth of the
matter is:
 
 
 AIDS is a manmade disease;
      AIDS is not a homosexual disease;
      AIDS is not a venereal disease;
      AIDS can be carried by mosquitos;
      Condoms will not prevent AIDS;
      There are a least six different AIDS viruses
      loose in the world;
      There will never be a vaccine cure;
      And on and on, but...
 
THE SCARIEST PART
 
 
The most dreaded fear that all oncologists (cancer
doctors), virologists, and immunologists live with is
that some day CANCER, in one form or another, will
become a contagious disease, transferable from one
person to another.  AIDS has now made fear a reality.
If you think you are safe because you are not gay or
promiscuous, or because you are not sexually active,
then you must watch "The Strecker Memorandum" very
carefully.
 
IF YOU PLAN TO HAVE SEX TONIGHT YOU HAD BETTER READ
THIS
 
 
The most common misconception being foisted upon us
right now concerns sexually active Americans.  We are
told that if a man uses a condom the transference of
the deadly virus is virtually eliminated.  Nothing
could be further from the truth. Of the body fluids
that the AIDS virus is found in, semen is the least.
As a matter of fact, in every single study ever
published on the subject, no one has found a
significant amount in anyone's semen.  It just isn't
there in huge numbers.  There is usually only about one
virus per milliliter, a statistically irrelevant
amount.  One copious ejaculation might produce only one
or two viruses.  This is substantiated in the medical
literature.  But, just for argument's sake, let's say
all the medical studies are wrong.  Let's pretend that
there are countless millions of AIDS viruses in the
ejaculation.  Are you aware that condoms are riddled
with microscopic or larger holes?  Studies show that
even the smallest holes found in condoms are two to ten
times larger than the AIDS virus.  It's like shooting a
golf ball through a basketball hoop.  Condoms have not,
will not, and cannot prevent AIDS.
 
THOUSANDS ALREADY DEAD
 
 
Fifty thousand Americans have already died because they
didn't know the truth about AIDS.  Between twelve and
fifteen million Americans have already been infected.
One in 60 babies born in New York City is infected;
one in 300 college students in America is infected;
one in 20 aliens applying for amnesty is infected,
including men, women and children.  These are just some
of the facts you are not likely to hear about from the
media.
 
WHY A VIDEO TAPE?
 
 
One of the first things the Streckers did was to try
and tell their medical and legal colleagues what they
were finding in the literature.  Some were interested;
most were not.  Certainly no one was prepared to risk
their professional standing by making waves within the
establishment.  Ted Strecker compiled some of the most
damaging documents into a report he called "The
Bioalert Attack" and sent it to every Governor of every
state, the President, the VICE-PRESIDENT (now
President), the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, and selected
members of Congress.  He got a grand total of three
replies from three governors; nothing from the
government.  Both he and Dr. Strecker were laughed at
and ridiculed at every turn.  As an example, Dr.
Strecker told the government in 1985 that virtually
every person testing positive for AIDS would die
prematurely and painfully.  The government said that
was nonsense.  Their figures showed that maybe ten
percent at most would die from the disease.  In 1986,
the government said maybe 50 percent of those infected
would die, in 1987 they said maybe 75 percent, in 1988
they finally agreed with Dr. Strecker that AIDS is
virtually 100 percent fatal.  We could go on with facts
Dr. Strecker unearthed that the "experts" said were
wrong and now accepted as the truth.  Dr. Strecker,
like a good scientist, submitted paper after paper with
his findings to all the prestigious medical journals in
America.  They were refused.  He then tried having his
findings published in Europe.  Again, closed doors.
What to do?  Dr. Strecker did not feel he could take
the time from his practice and his research to write a
book.  On the other hand, everyone has a TV and now
most households have a video cassette recorder (VCR).
The time involved to make a video is nothing compared
to writing a book, and so the video "The Strecker
Memorandum" was created.  It is 96 minutes of the most
startling, controversial, and information packed video
you will ever see.  It disputes virtually everything
the American public is being told by the government,
the so-called AIDS experts and the media.  In fact,
after seeing it YOU will know more about AIDS than 99
percent of all doctors in America.
 
MUSIC IS NOTHING IF THE AUDIENCE IS DEAF
 
 
With the video made, it seemed a simple matter to
advertise it and the world would now become aware of
what it was facing, right?  WRONG!  The fact that you
are even reading about "The Strecker Memorandum" now is
a minor miracle by itself, in as much as TV stations
have refused to advertise it.  TV and radio time
brokers that sell blocks of commercial time have
refused to sell us time.  TV station managers have
refused to even air programs containing interviews with
Dr. Strecker.  A national radio network did an
interview with a famous talk show host and Dr. Strecker
and then refused to run it.  Virtually every big name
network television magazine show and all the syndicated
TV interviewers and talk show hosts have said NO to Dr.
Strecker. Big city newspapers will not take any print
ads telling about it, and so it goes...WHY?  What is in
"The Strecker Memorandum" that sends a cold chill down
the spine of most media executives?
 
WHY IS EVERYONE AFRAID OF "THE STRECKER MEMORANDUM"?
 
 
 The excuse that we hear over and over is that it is
too controversial.  TOO CONTROVERSIAL?  They say that
this information, if widely disseminated, will cause
the public to panic.  If someone had poisoned your
water supply and you and your family could die,
wouldn't you want to know about it?  Would you panic?
Or would you more likely be outraged and try to find
out who did it and punish them?  We feel the only
persons who might panic are those scientists who
willingly or otherwise created AIDS and are now
promoting misinformation by covering it up.  After all,
if you made AIDS would you tell anyone about it?
 
THINK OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS...NOW THINK OF THEM
DEAD
 
 
The number of AIDS infected people is doubling
approximately every 12 months, and in some areas even
sooner.  With twelve to fifteen million Americans
carrying the virus, you don't have to be a rocket
scientist to see how long we have here in the U.S.
Africa has, conservatively, 75 million infected; some
estimates double that.  Brazil as a country is in
serious jeopardy because all through the 1970's they
were buying their blood supply from Africa.  On top of
that, the World Health Organization conducted a large
scale small pox vaccination program there in the 1970's
(for the full implications of that see "The Strecker
Memorandum").  Southern Japan has about 30 percent
infected with HTLV I, the leukemia causing virus
(although you will never hear about that on TV).
Russia is now reporting AIDS as a problem and no one
can enter Russia permanently without a current negative
blood test for AIDS.  Cuba has already set up
concentration camps for AIDS infected and they are full
(you won't see that on TV either).  Haiti of course is
ravaged by AIDS; more than 15 percent of the people
infected and getting worse every day.  And so it goes.
Virtually every nation on earth with few exceptions
(Iran is one) is reporting a growing problem.  It's on
every continent, every subcontinent, and every island
chain, Atlantic and Pacific.  So why won't the media or
government tell you these things?  Is it too
controversial for you to handle?  Are you going to
panic?
 
IS THERE ANY HOPE?
 
 
Yes and no.  NO, if you are waiting for the government
to create a magic bullet.  As you will see in "The
Strecker Memorandum," part of the problem is that all
the various AIDS viruses are "recombinant
retroviruses."  Very simply, that means they have the
ability to recombine with the genes of any cell they
enter and the offspring or new viruses they form are
different from the parent viruses.  HTLV III alone
(that's the most common American AIDS virus) has the
mathematical ability to change itself
9,000x9,000x9,000x9000 times (which is 9,000 to the
fourth power).  The common cold recombines much less
frequently and we haven't found a cure for it after a
hundred years. Besides, does it make much sense to
entrust the cure for AIDS to the same people that may
have created it?  YES, there is hope if Dr. Strecker
and a growing number of realistic scientists are
correct in looking at alternative, nonallopathic, non
drug modalities based on Raman spectroscopy.  In fact
many experiments are going on now that offer great
promise.  Unfortunately, our government takes a dim
view of any type of treatment for any type of disease
let alone AIDS that does not conform to its rigid rules
for acceptance, registration, and legalization.  Of
course the FDA would definitely like to see an
allopathic drug treatment or cure presented by an
ethical drug company or university.  Well, we don't
think that's going to happen.  Because of this
attitude, much experimentation in America must go
underground, underfunded, or out of the country
entirely.  Again, this is explained further in "The
Strecker Memorandum."
 
BE BOLD AND MIGHTY FORCES WILL COME TO YOUR AID OR
MIGHTY FORCES WILL COME AND KILL YOU
 
 
An ominous personal aspect of this story has been the
sudden and unexpected deaths of two of the key players.
First, Dr.Strecker's brother, Ted Strecker, was found
shot to death in his home in Springfield, Missouri, an
apparent suicide, on August 11,1988.  Was Ted Strecker
suicidal?  Perhaps.  In the past he suffered from
depression and monumental frustration at the relative
lack of interest in his findings.  Dr. Strecker spoke
with him the night before his death.  Ted was cheerful,
in good spirits, and looking forward to certain new
developments that promised progress.  The next day he
was found dead, his 22 caliber rifle next to him.  No
note, no message, no goodbyes to anyone.  Very
untypical of him.  Officially a suicide.  Next.
Illinois State Representative Douglas Huff of Chicago
was found alone in his home, dead from an apparent
overdose of cocaine and heroin, on September 22, 1988.
Representative Huff did everything in his power to make
the Illinois State Legislature and the people of
Chicago aware of Dr. Strecker's work.  He was very
vocal, gave many press interviews, was constantly on
television and radio urging people to wake up to the
cover-up concerning AIDS.  Did Representative Huff use
drugs?  Perhaps yes, but only occasionally and
recreationally.  Was he an addict?  No.  Would he have
known how dangerous a massive overdose off cocaine and
heroin was?  Yes, of course.  Cause of death:
officially a stroke.  Dr. Strecker has serious doubts
that his brother killed himself.  Representative Huff's
associates doubt he died accidentally, and yet they are
gone.  Who's next?
 
IGNORANCE IS BLISS, OR IS IT SUICIDE?
 
 
We all know it is easier for a king to have a lie
believed than a beggar to spread the truth.  Well, we
are spreading the truth about AIDS.  Unfortunately, it
isn't pretty.  But the fact is you are not being told
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                Medical News for October 22 to November 4,
1990
        Copyright 1990: USA TODAY/Gannett National Information
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                          Reproduced with Permission

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                                 Oct. 23, 1990
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                           STUDENTS HAVE AIDS VIRUS:

   Two of every 1,000 students tested at 35 U.S. college campuses are infected
with the AIDS virus,  a federal scientist reported Monday.  That figure is the
same as in a survey 18 months  ago.  Dr.  Brian  Edlin, Centers  for  Disease
Control, says it is reassuring to know the proportion of HIV-positive students
does not appear to be rising. (For more, see special AIDS package below.)

                       COCAINE SPURS AIDS VIRUS GROWTH:

   Cocaine spurred the growth of the AIDS virus in laboratory tests, prompting
researchers  to  believe  the drug could increase infected people's chances of
developing full-blown AIDS.  Microbiologists at the University  of  Minnesota
Medical  School  said at an Atlanta conference that the HIV virus grew as much
as three times faster in cells exposed to cocaine than in control cells.

                           SPECIAL PACKAGE ON AIDS:

                          MALES OVER 22 ARE MAJORITY:

   AIDS infection was found in .2 percent of 16,500 college students  tested,
Dr.  Edlin  told  the  American  Society  for Microbiology meeting in Atlanta.
Almost  all  infected  students  were  male  and  over  22, which   suggests
transmission  is  occurring  mostly  through homosexual contact or intravenous
drug  use,  Edlin  says.   More  women  would  be  infected
if  contact  were
heterosexual.

                        INFECTION IN AIDS-RIDDEN AREAS:

   Overall  AIDS infection figures can be misleading,  Edlin says.  The actual
campus AIDS infection rates ranged from 0 to .9 percent,  with more  infection
at  schools  in  areas  with  high  AIDS rates,  including San Francisco,  Los
Angeles, New York,  parts of Florida and New Jersey.  (From the USA TODAY Life
section.)
 
                        SOME STATISTICS PROMPT CONCERN:

   Overall,  it is good news, says Dr.  Mathilde Krim, American Foundation for
AIDS Research,  NYC.  She says there is cause for concern where the statistics
are  as high as about 1 in 100.  "It's like being a little bit pregnant.  When
they  start  relationships,  young  women  still  have  to take  precautions,
particularly  if  there  are  multiple  sexual  partners," Krim said.  (End of
package.)

                                 Oct. 25, 1990
                                      ---

                       SICK BABIES TO WOMEN WITH HIV-1:

   Infants  born to women with the AIDS virus have higher mortality rates than
children born to seronegative women,  says Wednesday's Journal of the American
Medical  Association.  A  study shows that at 2 years of age, 31.3 percent of
babies born to 443  Haitian  women  who  were  HIV-1 seropositive  had  died,
compared  to  14.2 percent of babies born to 4145 Haitian women who were HIV-1
seronegative.

                         HIGHER COSTS FOR PREVENTION:

   Increased precautions against infections taken by hospital personnel  cost
about  $337  million in fiscal year 1989,  Wednesday's Journal of the American
Medical Association says.  University of Iowa College of Medicine  researchers
found  that  costs  for  isolation materials per inpatient admission increased
from $13.70 to $22.98.  Two-thirds of the increase was due to rise  in  rubber
glove use.

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                               Oct. 26-28, 1990
                                      ---

                         AIDS VIRUS PATTERN UNCHANGED:

   Spread of the AIDS virus in the USA continues to follow  a familiar  path,
with  infected  men far outnumbering infected women,  and drug abusers and gay
men showing the highest infection levels,  says  a  new federal  report.  The
Centers  for  Disease  Control  finds  the  virus in:  4 in 100 drug treatment
clients; 1.5 in 1,000 childbearing women; and 8 in 100,000 blood donors.

                                      ---
                                 Oct. 29, 1990
                                      ---
 
                          SPECIAL PACKAGE ON BLACKS:

                       CHILDREN HAVE OVERWHELMING ODDS:

   For black children, the deck is stacked against them from birth.  Of the 10
million of them ,  about half under age 6 are living in poverty and 45 percent
under age 18 are poor.  One in 5 infants  born  to  high-risk women  at  King
hospital  in  Los  Angelas  has  been infected with HIV.  In New York's Harlem
section, the childhood death rate is expected to double this year from AIDS.

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November  4, 1990


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