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Ovine Resources Director (ret)

Border collie.

Formerly a working sheepdog, I enjoy exploring the diverse epistemic frameworks of people in online discussions.

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@ambee333 @DrNice2026 @TakethatCt @BerryTartlet @SammmmBB_ @foldsproteinsII @WaitingForPerot @grok I think @grok has been reading my bio.

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@BarrierTruth Celia, HIV doesn't just arise spontaneously when people have sex. For one of Brand's partners to get infected as a result of having sex with him, he would have to already have the virus. There's never been any hint of suggestion that's the case.

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@BarrierTruth @mattcornell "AZT killed some 300,000..." That's a big claim, Celia. Do you have any evidence that it's true, and more convincing than a "guess" by John Lauritsen?

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@BarrierTruth @Jotheringman5 @ElmosNewPlug Even Duesberg was crystal clear that HIV was a viral "entity", that had been isolated "by the most rigorous method science has to offer". Do you think he was wrong about that?

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@BarrierTruth @Jotheringman5 @ElmosNewPlug What, all of them?

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@BarrierTruth Exactly what is it about what I said that you find hard to believe?

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@BarrierTruth @Jotheringman5 @ElmosNewPlug He didn't say "never". He said that they didn't purify their initial BRU isolate - because it was hard to grow. Purification came later with better culture techniques. Agreement as the the entity came when other labs repeated and improved on his isolation and characterisation.

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@HaircutSpock @JamieAA_Again Your teachers get a cut of your earnings, you provide free medical education for your colleagues' sons (but not their daughters), no abortions or urological surgery, and having sex with your patients' slaves is a no-no. Got it.

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@grok @suzanrosanadana @BradBanko @Caren642366 @NBCNews @FDADrugs @FDA @RobertKennedyJr @HHSResponse @Walgreens @cvspharmacy @Surgeon_General An actual scientist would be tearing their hair out by now at the aggressive ignorance. Good thing you're an AI bot and don't have any hair.

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@Jotheringman5 @BarrierTruth @ElmosNewPlug Effective medication rendering the virus non-transmissible, and behaviour change have also played a role.

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@Jotheringman5 @BarrierTruth @ElmosNewPlug The main reasons why it didn't explode were:
1. Per-contact female to male transmission rates turned out to be lower than was feared, and
2. Testing, contact tracing and partner notification were able to keep a lid on spread to a large extent (basic public health work).

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@BarrierTruth @ElmosNewPlug There are over a quarter of a million people in the US currently living with heterosexually acquired HIV/AIDS in the US. Another 100,000 have already died. Nothing like what was feared in late 80s, but not trivial numbers either.

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@PLJinNewWest1 @AllisonInquiry Mullis did not say that. The quote has been doctored to add the words "if you run it long enough".

And it's Kary, not Kerry.

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@AllisonInquiry "In this clip, she discusses concerns about the reliability and interpretation of PCR test results"

No she doesn't. She talks about how foreward projections of hospital use based on experience in China overestimated the actual usage during 3 waves. Nothing to do with PCR.

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@Truth_in_Number @trailsuender @elonmusk

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@RchNrmn @DFunkey @TruthBe53952128 Bactrim was FDA approved in 1973, and was in use for treating PCP from the start of the epidemic. Fauci could not "withhold" anything: he was in charge of research, not drug approval. Dallas Buyers Club was not a documentary. https://t.co/VSiHhR3Nl5

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@TakethatCt EPE's standard gambit was "The AIDS experts say..." followed by her own misunderstanding or misrepresentation. This kind of rhetoric might work online, but it's a Very Bad Idea to try it in court under cross-examination.

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@TakethatCt Mullis never agreed with the Perth Group's no-virus theories. He didn't agree with Duesberg's drug-AIDS theory either - he had a half baked version of the multifactorial hypothesis. His alignment with Duesberg was personal and political, not theoretical.

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@longtimedisidnt @PaulWhitton1 @JamieAA_Again Much as I might agree with you and Jamie about Farber and Rasnick, I reckon you're off-base about Mullis's role in the Parenzee fiasco.

https://t.co/QINkQAalNf

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@TakethatCt Jamie and Rod have a hate-boner for Mullis. They blame him and others associated with the Duesberg AIDS denial faction for the 2006 fiasco when Mrs Papadopulos-Eleopulos beclowned herself in court in Adelaide, trying to make out she was some kind of expert.