PROGRAM SUCCESS – MAY 2010
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10 REASONS WHY BLACK PEOPLE
SHOULD NOT TAKE THE HIV TESTS
By Curtis Cost
Guest Columnist
Black AIDS organizations, as well as
some Black Clergy, Black politicians and
Black sports figures have been
encouraging African Americans to take
HIV tests and to take HIV/AIDS drugs. In
making these recommendations it is clear
that these individuals and groups have
failed to research the debate over the
validity of the HIV tests and whether HIV
is really the cause of AIDS.
On the other hand, doctors, scientists and
researchers for years have been
challenging the HIV/AIDS hypothesis.
Few in the Black community have heard
their objections. The following is a brief summary of
the controversy:
1. None of the manufacturers of the HIV tests
guarantee the accuracy of their tests. In fact, they
warn that their tests should not be used alone to
determine if someone is HIV positive or negative. If the
manufacturers of the HIV tests don’t have confidence in
their own product then why should Black People?
2. There are about 70 different things that can
trigger a false positive result on HIV tests. These
include vaccines such as for flu, hepatitis B and others.
YES, if you recently had a vaccine, it can cause you to
test positive on an HIV test! Even pregnancy can trigger
a false positive response on an HIV test.
3. Test results vary over time. That is, you can test
positive one day and go back to the same hospital or
clinic a year later and test negative!
4. Test results vary between hospitals. You can go to
two different hospitals on the same day and take an HIV
test and get two different test results!
5. Test results vary between countries. There is no
international standard on how to even interpret the
results on an HIV test. This means that you could test
positive in America, but in
Australia your same test result
could be considered negative!
6. Test results vary depending on
which test kit is used. This means
that an ELISA test could indicate
that you are positive, but a Western
Blot test or PCR test could indicate
that you are negative.
7. The HIV tests do not look for
HIV in your body. The tests just
look for chemical reactions which
have never been proven to have
anything to do with HIV. This is
why doctors will say that you are
HIV positive, but they will not state
in writing that you have an active infection of HIV.
There is a big difference between being HIV positive
and actually having HIV!
8. The personal information you give at a testing
facility will have a big impact on how they interpret
the test results. That is, if you say that you are a
homosexual or an intravenous drug user, this will
drastically increase the chances that they will claim that
you have HIV.
9. If you are told you are HIV positive this will have
a devastating emotional impact on you and your
family. Even worse, if you start taking drugs like AZT,
DDI and protease inhibitors you will be poisoning
yourself and most likely die a slow horrible death. AZT
for example was originally a chemotherapy treatment,
but in 1964 it was deemed too deadly and its use was
discontinued. It destroys the bone marrow which is
where a person’s blood cells are formed! Therefore,
people who supposedly have an immune system
problem are being given a drug which destroys their
immune system!
10. No HIV virus has ever been isolated. The early
claims of isolation have been proven false and turned
out to be nothing more than cellular debris! Even the
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