RFK Jr.'s Buckwild Belief That HIV Doesn't Cause AIDS

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The rise, fall and rise of the most nonsensical conspiracy theory we've ever heard. Thanks to Gregg Gonsalves for helping us fact-check this episode!  Support us: • Hear bonus episodes on Patreon • Watch Aubrey's documentary • Buy Aubrey's book • Listen to Mike's other podcast • Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more Links! • Denying AIDS: Conspiracy Theories and Pseudoscience in a Post-COVID World • Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge • The Duesberg Phenomenon • AIDS Denialism Beliefs among People Living with HIV/AIDS • HIV Denial in the Internet Era • HIV Denial in the COVID Era • How COVID conspiracy theories led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism • The Man Who Thought AIDS Was All In The Mind • AIDS "Dissident" Seeks Redemption • Truth and Heresy About AIDS • Defending the boundaries of science • Justice After AIDS Denialism • AIDS Denialism vs. Science • The Unbeliever • Estimating the lost benefits of ARV use in South Africa • Conspiracy beliefs about HIV/AIDS • Are HIV/AIDS Conspiracy Beliefs a Barrier to HIV Prevention Among African Americans? • HIV causes AIDS: Koch's postulates fulfilled • AIDS And The Scientific Govern