Episode 13: What Killed Keith Haring?
In this week’s podcast, the first full podcast with Celia Farber as co-host, we interview longstanding activist, cultural critic, and incidental AIDS historian Jim Fouratt who reveals the shocking truth about what really killed artist Keith Haring. Was it AIDS?
EDITORIAL: A Special Warning About False-Positive “HIV Testing” Results
October 2015–Accurate diagnosis matters. We at “How Positive Are You” are extremely concerned about the life-changing diagnoses of “HIV positive” and “AIDS” that people are receiving, based on tests for surrogate markers including antibodies and genetic sequences. Because of our concern, we will post later today an interview with Dr. David Rasnick of the biotechnology firm Viral Forensics. Viral Forensics will offer our listeners and others a way to check their “viral load” tests against findings of “particles resembling HIV” under an electron microscope, as interpreted by a licensed pathologist. (To obtain a blood analysis by Viral Forensics, see the bottom of this editorial.)
The commercially available tests for “HIV positivity” or “viral load” have never been validated to the presence of live, infectious virus in human blood. read more »
Episode 100: The Best of ‘How Positive Are You,’ on its 100th Episode
Tragic stories and grateful rants, long-time nonprogressors, the death of artist Keith Haring, words from two-time heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison, defending orphans and babies, the end of “HIV criminalization,” whether to go on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), deconstructing how “HIV testing” actually works, provocative science, pharmaceutical corruption, a confrontation with a TV episode’s medical advisor, feedback from our audience both grateful and hostile, debunking the entire Ebola epidemic from the lab to the streets of West Africa, and remembering our dear friend and co-founder Christine Maggiore – whew! – you’ve heard it all on “How Positive Are You.” If you haven’t, catch up with our library on our Program Index page. Or you can save some time with this helpful retrospective of the first seven years of our groundbreaking Podcast.
Write us at info@howpositiveareyou with your own memories and reflections. We’d love to hear from you. read more »
Episode 75: Marlene Helps Reg Get Off — AIDS Drugs, That Is — On “Rick Simpson” Cannabis Oil
Episode 75: Marlene Helps Reg Get Off -- AIDS Drugs, That Is -- On "Rick Simpson" Cannabis Oil [ 58 min 15 s | 33.34 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (538)Reg is a gay man living in New York City who has been on and off AIDS drugs for more than 15 years. Marlene is a health consultant living in the southern U.S. who has extensively researched the psychological and physical benefits of cannabis oil. Together, Reg and Marlene tell us how the miracle claims made for cannabis oil could be credible, and what it is like to use this substance derived from a strain of the marijuana plant to kick the “anti-retroviral” (ARV) habit once and for all.