more serious problems would result in the outright ban of the drug.”
“And all HAART drugs come with this black box warning?”
“As far as I know, they all do.”
“Which means that there are very dangerous side effects if you take them, maybe even death.”
“That’s correct.”
Campbell leaves the lectern and goes to his table as if he wanted something on it. Instead, he stops and turns back to the witness. “But all we hear about is how great these drugs are, and how they save lives, or at a minimum prolong life for so many AIDS victims.”
“There’s no question that when the HAART drugs were first introduced, they saved people’s lives, or at least prolonged them. But it wasn’t because of how good the HAART drugs were; it was because they got people off full-strength AZT, which is what was killing most HIV-Positives. But the AIDS Industry started this huge propaganda campaign about how HAART saves lives, although that claim is definitely not backed up by any scientific study or published drug trials, I can assure you.”
“Why not?”
“To make the claim that these drugs save lives or prolong life, you would have to run an approved FDA study comparing two groups of people: one group would