FULL CLAIM: “The AIDS Hoax”; “And how are these people dying of so-called AIDS? From the number two cause: drugs, both medical and street drugs. But one in particular that stood out and that has been linked by 24 scientific papers with Kaposi’s Sarcoma and that’s poppers or amyl nitrate. It’s very rare that you see a case of Kaposi Sarcoma in Africa because they don’t use poppers.”
In 2021, an estimated 650,000 people died of AIDS-related illnesses worldwide. When untreated, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infections progress to a chronic condition known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS.
AIDS is potentially life-threatening because it damages the immune system. This leaves people susceptible to opportunistic infections and cancers that normally don’t impact people with a strong immune system. AIDS-related illnesses are the main cause of death among people living with HIV without proper access to care, including access to HIV drugs and treatments for opportunistic illnesses. Examples of these include Kaposi’s sarcoma, a type of cancer primarily seen in people with advanced AIDS.
Despite it being well established that AIDS-related illnesses are the main cause of death for people living with HIV, disinformation about AIDS deaths abounds. In late March 2023, a short clip of Robert Willner, an HIV denialist physician who had his medical license revoked in Florida due to a number of infractions—including claiming he had cured AIDS with ozone therapy—was shared...
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