I'll give you the short version: they sponsored & supported the most influential AIDS denialist group of the 2000's, resulting in national policies in South Africa that caused an estimated 330,000 deaths there.
They have never apologized or acknowledged what they did.
https://medium.com/the-monthly/the-foo-fighters-aids-denialism-should-be-on-the-record-6e33666fdc3c
They have never apologized or acknowledged what they did.
https://medium.com/the-monthly/the-foo-fighters-aids-denialism-should-be-on-the-record-6e33666fdc3c
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Nate, you suck and your bass parts have always been boring.
In 1994, she encountered Peter Duesberg, UC Berkeley professor of virology who convinced her that HIV is a harmless passenger virus and AIDS is actually caused by party drugs or antiviral treatments.
In their concerts, the Foo Fighters encouraged AIDS patients to throw away their medications, and handed out Christine's book.
The resulting policy move by Mbeki resulted in millions of additional infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Christine took no precautions to prevent transmission to her child (because she didn't believe HIV existed, or it was harmless).
Eliza lived to age 4, when she died from AIDS defining illness.
Abhorrent shit, and it’s insane grohl hasn’t made any kind of statement 15 years ago when it looks like they distanced themselves.
The Foo Fighters deleted all references to AWWAA and Maggiore in 2007, and have not, to my knowledge, ever spoken of their role in shaping disastrous policy based on ignorance and science denialism.
Where was CPS when they were actually needed to protect a child's life?
https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/winter-2019/intolerable-genius-berkeleys-most-controversial-nobel-laureate/
Also admitted to having unprotected sex, and she herself died of AIDS-related complications.
What a monster.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-29-me-charlie29-story.html
It only took a few decades, but Cal did eventually manage to strip him of tenure and kick him to the curb.
This is how you go from respected scholar to crank.
https://www.newsrecord.org/news/questionable-study-has-uc-ties/article_451c3284-3f51-11e2-989a-0019bb30f31a.html
I mean, I remember having serious conversations about AIDS in the latter part of the 80s.
Anyway, probably just my lack of awareness of how others saw the world, but this is puzzling.
Study was conducted in Orange farms, the highest prevalence in SA.
Highly flawed study. But it's the reason why circumcision is still promoted as "prevention".