AIDS phenomenon
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The AIDS phenomenon is a term often used by AIDS dissidents to refer to AIDS. It is used to stress the fact that AIDS is not merely, or even primarily, a medical condition, but rather, in the words of biochemist David Rasnick, "a sociological phenomenon held together by fear, creating a kind of medical McCarthyism that has transgressed and collapsed all the rules of science, and imposed a brew of belief and pseudoscience on a vulnerable public." (Spin, June 1997)
The origin of the term as used by dissidents remains unclear. It may have been partially inspired by a 1994 Science article by Jon Cohen entitled "The Duesberg Phenomenon". An early use by Fred Cline in January 1995 appears in his review of Hiram Caton's book The AIDS Mirage [1] Another use by John Lauritsen appears in the preface of the 1997 book The AIDS Cult: "The essays in this book should redress the balance. They examine the irrational and cultic aspects of the AIDS phenomenon." (italics in origin) This quote also serves to highlight that the fact that the term "AIDS phenomenon" alludes to many of the irrational and group-fantasy aspects of AIDS.
