It has been very well received, and has definitely converted some people. I am scheduled to give it four more times, including once to medical students as part of a lunch time lecture series. This could get me in trouble, or at least noticed. I tell the story of AIDS, from virus hunting to buffalo humps, to anyone who will listen. Nurses are generally receptive, as are other anesthesiologists.
Surgeons tend to be very dogmatic, and internists as well.
I ve had some luck with a few of the ob-gyn residents. Certainly I ve taken some abuse for expressing my position. I used to think that that medical research wasn t politically directed and financially motivated, and that pharmaceutical companies wouldn t compromise patient well-being for a profit. I even used to think that the FDA was there to protect the American public. Now I know better.