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Entry: The Right's Science Problem Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_rights_science_problem#18543 Post contents: <i>The American Spectator has featured attacks on the theory of general relativity, and joined the Washington Times and The Weekly Standard in casting doubt on the germ theory of disease by showcasing lawyer Michael Fumento’s acquittal of the virus that has killed millions of African women in The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS. </i> That's a rather dishonest way to portray (by implication) Michael Fumento's views. Fumento has never denied that HIV casues AIDS (that would be Peter Duesberg). He has denied that it is spread in any great amount by vaginal intercourse (as opposed to anal sex). He has suggested that much of the spread in Africa may be due to poor medical hygiene (e.g. shared hypodermic needles), and has questioned whether, specifically in Africa, more deaths have been attributed to AIDS than are actually due to the disease. But he has never questioned the scientific consensus on the relationship between HIV and AIDS. Sent at: 2008 08 08