A few days ago I wrote about just two recent media reports of contradictory scientific findings that try to explain how the human immune system works. The point was that science does not yet have a unified theory concerning either the immune system, or even the very nature of viruses. It is difficult to…
Seth Kalichman, someone named Lisa and J Todd Deshong huddle at “The Harvard Symposium”, an anti-AIDS dissident forum hastily organized last October in an attempt to counter the RethinkingAIDS 2009 Conference. (photo from dissidents4dumbees.blogspot.com) Is it ethical to withhold comments from rude and obnoxious haters? Yes, I’m talking about my most active critic, Baylor…
11+ years of viral load testing I continue to monitor my CD4 and viral load for a number of reasons that make sense to me, and as a result I can graph the last 11+ years of these numbers. I have updated these graphs and posted them here so others can see how wildly…
Oh, the irony. While surfing the poz.com website this morning, I clicked on a link to their sister site, aidsmeds.com and got this warning from my computer’s anti-virus program: For the record: I do believe it is a good idea to practice safer-surfing practices and to always use protection online.
My health problems are supposedly due to a virus, and I’m beginning to think that just might be the case, but before anyone jumps to conclusions, let me explain. The word virus has been in use for more than six centuries, though the first infectious pathogen to be named as one—the tobacco mosaic virus—was…
What is this chatter in the AIDS dissidence community lately about banning the word “denialist”? When did this become the most compelling matter for us to confront at this time in our history? Of course the use of derogatory terms by others to define us should be challenged, and AIDS Dissidents have been challenging…
Tony Lance I’ve gotten to know Tony Lance personally the last few months. The more we visit, the more things we seem to discover we share in common. Both of us are gay men who came out just before, or in the very earliest years of the Gay Plague. We are both “poz”…
courtesy of freefoto.com AIDS researchers continue to stretch the limits in finding excuses to spend some of the billions of dollars worth of funding being made available to them. Lately, the anti-smoking forces have been rallying to compete for a piece of the HIV research pie. This morning’s news brought this “study” about the…
Have you ever wondered how I can stand being needled sometimes? Or perhaps you think I have a prickly personality? Need more proof that I have thick skin? This is my third acupuncture treatment for Bell’s palsy. I’m an old hand at acupuncture and have utilized it for more than 10 years now. An…
No one wants to see the grave of a loved one disturbed. It’s dishonorable, distasteful, and usually illegal. That is exactly what happened this weekend though. There is a page on my blog called “the graveyard”, a list of dead friends that I published as a response to those who claimed that every time…
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While much of the information on this site is no longer current, it represents almost a decade of my life. It was a period of considerable reflection and writing was my therapy.
I have moved on from that era and am now moving into what will undoubtedly be the last chapter of my life. My love for writing and telling stories-mine, as well as those of others-goes with me. Join me, if you will, at jondbarnett.com for the adventure.
