On June 5th, 1981, hospitals in Los Angeles, California, began to notice an alarming trend of patients developing pneumocystis pneumonia. At the time, medical experts were puzzled by what was causing these severe symptoms. By 1982 the Center for Disease Control (CDC) finally identified the cause of the deadly disease that had become prominent among the LGBTQ+ community and drug abusers, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, also known as AIDs. However, as the birth of HIV studies began, so did the cognitive virus of HIV/AIDs denialism that would cost the lives of people infected with HIV and the people promoting these ideas. In today's episode, Nelson revisits the history of the HIV/AIDs denialism movement, assesses some of the conspiratorial fallacies, and debunks Peter Duesberg's claims who has sacrificed his academic integrity to protect his ego. Facebook The Social Chemist | Facebook Instagram The Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videos References About HIV/AIDS | HIV Basics | HIV/AIDS | CDCHIV/AIDs Timeline | NPIN (cdc.gov)AIDS Drug AZT: How It Got Approved 30 Years Ago | TimeMbeki Aids denial 'caused 300,000 deaths' | South Africa | The GuardianThe intravenous injection of illicit drugs and needle sharing: an historical perspective - PubMed (nih.gov)Christine Maggiore, vocal skeptic of AIDS research, dies at 52 - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)Logical Fallacies The Appeal to Nature Fallacy: Why “Natural” Isn’t Necessarily Better – EffectiviologyGalileo Fallacy (logicallyfallacious.com)Joe Rogan Episode  #282 - Peter Duesberg, Bryan Callen - The Joe Rogan Experience | Podcast on SpotifyRecommended The Social Chemist episodes The Social Chemist: Operation 5G The Conspiracy Theory on Apple PodcastsThe Social Chemist: The Tuskegee Experiment Of 1932: Psychosocial Mistrust Of Vaccinations Among African Americans on Apple PodcastsThe Social Chemist: The Gay Agenda & Pedophilia Scare Conspiracy Theory on Apple Podcasts