Dr. Roberto Giraldo started investigating immune deficiencies in the mid-1960s as a medical student and was already investigating the mysterious illnesses of some gay men in the 1970s. He understood then that chemical, nutritional and emotional stressors were the cause of these illnesses. When AIDS came along in 1981 he realized immediately that the viral hypothesis was wrong but his colleagues in Colombia were so incensed that they tried to force him into an insane asylum.
Roberto then spent over 20 years in America where, for a while, he worked in a lab doing HIV testing, resulting in an interesting experiment when he decided to run blood through ELISA tests without diluting it 200 times.
Roberto has been associated with most of the AIDS rethinker groups in Latin America including Monarcas Mexico and Peru, as well as groups in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. He is currently providing health care services in Brazil, is a member of the board of Rethinking AIDS and will be speaking at RA2011.
During the introduction to the program David recommended the following:
- Watch the video “This Child of Mine” by Jennifer Wolfe.
- Watch the video “La Ciencia del Panico” (English or Spanish) by Isabel Otaduy and Patrizia Monzani.
- Read the book “Passionate Journey“, the autobiography of Marian Tompson.