(2017-11-11, 10:39 PM)linotype Wrote: I've really enjoyed these interviews and would also love to see a Vortex-Bauer discussion on HIV/AIDS. I do think it may be unique among examples of scientific consensus in that it was brought about by a perfect storm of factors - a new health crisis, political pressure, intense emotions, virus hunters looking for a raison d'etre, Bob Gallo's lust for fame - resulting in that dramatic science-by-press-conference moment in which Margaret Heckler declared that "the probable cause of AIDS has been found". And then the word "probable" was pretty much forgotten in the next day or two and that was that.
That discussion is off-limits for the main part of this forum. It may already be taking place on the hidden forum.
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Linda