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Wrongful Death: The AIDS Trial
If you like courtroom drama in the style of John Grisham, you’ll want to read this book. If you ever knew someone with AIDS or HIV, you need to read this book. If you still believe the government and the FDA are protecting you against deadly diseases and dangerous drugs, you must read this book!
"WRONGFUL The AIDS Trial" is a work of fiction based on the true story behind the government lies and incompetence, gross medical malpractice, and unbridled greed by a drug company that caused our American AIDS epidemic and cost 300,000 lives in just ten years.
Follow along with attorney Benjamin Messick and health reporter Sarah Meadows in this class-action lawsuit as they expose the man who claims to have discovered the cause of AIDS, Dr. Robert Gallo. Dr. Gallo announced to the world at a press conference on April 23, 1984 that a virus later to be called HIV was the culprit. Unfortunately, Dr. Gallo’s peers were never given the chance to prove his theories, and still can’t to this day.
In the last twenty years, Dr. Gallo has been exposed as nothing more than a common criminal, a thief, and a liar. He finally admitted he had stolen the AIDS virus from a French researcher. He also stole another virus from the Japanese. He lied on his patent application for the HIV blood test. A congressional investigation found Dr. Gallo guilty of “intellectual recklessness of a high degree,” and the Office of Research Integrity of the Department of Health and Human Services found Dr. Gallo guilty of scientific misconduct and called some of Dr. Gallo's key AIDS research, “of dubious scientific merit” and “really crazy.” As one German scientist put it, Dr. Gallo is “an American scientific gangster who has committed so many crass, self-aggrandizing blunders…that he could not really be relied upon to tell the time correctly.”
Attorney Messick questions a number of witnesses who all agree with 2700 of the world’s leading doctors and medical researchers today, including Nobel Prize winners in chemistry and medicine and members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, that HIV cannot cause AIDS. At the end of the book you'll find out what actually DOES cause AIDS.
The testimony in this court case finally discloses that in the decade from 1987 to 1997, three-hundred-thousand Americans (mostly homosexual men) died NOT from some horrible disease they caught from a virus, but as a result of taking the very drug they were told would cure them. Urged on by their doctors, parents, families and loved-ones, these HIV-positives took AZT, a drug originally designed and created in 1964 to kill cancer cells, but never approved because it was found to be far too toxic to a human body.
Read the testimony of witness after witness - all based on over 900 actual medical and scientific research papers and reports - that when the FDA finally approved AZT for the treatment of AIDS in 1987, it began causing Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; and every person who took it - healthy or not at the time - would die within three years from one of many different opportunistic diseases. Be prepared for the anger and outrage you will feel when you realize that hundreds of thousands of innocent women and children are still being murdered today in Africa with AZT, simply because they have been declared to be HIV-positive, while the drug company rakes in billions of dollars in profits.
The question After 30 years and 300 billion dollars, why don't we have a cure or a vaccine for AIDS? The witnesses in this court case provide the only answer that makes any We have the wrong cause.
"I enjoyed the book. It read like a cross between a John Grisham legal thriller and an informative scientific treatise on AIDS."- D.D. Steele, attorney
"Congratulations Mr. Davis, you actually pulled it off and created a legitimate page-turner from the debacle of HIV/AIDS."- Harvey Bialy, author
"WRONGFUL The AIDS Trial" is a work of fiction based on the true story behind the government lies and incompetence, gross medical malpractice, and unbridled greed by a drug company that caused our American AIDS epidemic and cost 300,000 lives in just ten years.
Follow along with attorney Benjamin Messick and health reporter Sarah Meadows in this class-action lawsuit as they expose the man who claims to have discovered the cause of AIDS, Dr. Robert Gallo. Dr. Gallo announced to the world at a press conference on April 23, 1984 that a virus later to be called HIV was the culprit. Unfortunately, Dr. Gallo’s peers were never given the chance to prove his theories, and still can’t to this day.
In the last twenty years, Dr. Gallo has been exposed as nothing more than a common criminal, a thief, and a liar. He finally admitted he had stolen the AIDS virus from a French researcher. He also stole another virus from the Japanese. He lied on his patent application for the HIV blood test. A congressional investigation found Dr. Gallo guilty of “intellectual recklessness of a high degree,” and the Office of Research Integrity of the Department of Health and Human Services found Dr. Gallo guilty of scientific misconduct and called some of Dr. Gallo's key AIDS research, “of dubious scientific merit” and “really crazy.” As one German scientist put it, Dr. Gallo is “an American scientific gangster who has committed so many crass, self-aggrandizing blunders…that he could not really be relied upon to tell the time correctly.”
Attorney Messick questions a number of witnesses who all agree with 2700 of the world’s leading doctors and medical researchers today, including Nobel Prize winners in chemistry and medicine and members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, that HIV cannot cause AIDS. At the end of the book you'll find out what actually DOES cause AIDS.
The testimony in this court case finally discloses that in the decade from 1987 to 1997, three-hundred-thousand Americans (mostly homosexual men) died NOT from some horrible disease they caught from a virus, but as a result of taking the very drug they were told would cure them. Urged on by their doctors, parents, families and loved-ones, these HIV-positives took AZT, a drug originally designed and created in 1964 to kill cancer cells, but never approved because it was found to be far too toxic to a human body.
Read the testimony of witness after witness - all based on over 900 actual medical and scientific research papers and reports - that when the FDA finally approved AZT for the treatment of AIDS in 1987, it began causing Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; and every person who took it - healthy or not at the time - would die within three years from one of many different opportunistic diseases. Be prepared for the anger and outrage you will feel when you realize that hundreds of thousands of innocent women and children are still being murdered today in Africa with AZT, simply because they have been declared to be HIV-positive, while the drug company rakes in billions of dollars in profits.
The question After 30 years and 300 billion dollars, why don't we have a cure or a vaccine for AIDS? The witnesses in this court case provide the only answer that makes any We have the wrong cause.
"I enjoyed the book. It read like a cross between a John Grisham legal thriller and an informative scientific treatise on AIDS."- D.D. Steele, attorney
"Congratulations Mr. Davis, you actually pulled it off and created a legitimate page-turner from the debacle of HIV/AIDS."- Harvey Bialy, author
392 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2006
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4 books3 followersStephen Davis has been researching quantum physics and the holographic universe for over 30 years.
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July 15, 2011
This book was fantastic from start to finish. The writing superb, the factions (fact/fiction) were on point honestly making you stop and take pause and ask IF it really could be? As a believer in conspiracies and cover-ups, the author had me and I was a believer!! I would recommend this book all day long to anyone who wants a great, entertaining and cerbrally stimulating read. Attorney's Messick and Baker were my favorites, even Attorney Crawley, at the end became someone I could respect. Dr. Gallo? no words for this assbite. Sarah the reporter, still didn't like her even after her revelation and epiphany. Again, wonderful read! Thank you Stephen Davis for this offering!
December 9, 2019
Very interesting and a real eye opener
Being in the medical field myself I learned about HIV and Aids but this gave me a total new insight and caused me to reconsider the training we receeived regarding HIV/ Aids
Being in the medical field myself I learned about HIV and Aids but this gave me a total new insight and caused me to reconsider the training we receeived regarding HIV/ Aids
March 5, 2016
Do you enjoy long-winded, overly complicated conspiracy theories, with little-to-no basis in reality? Do you believe that the moon landing was staged? Do you firmly believe in alien abductions? Then grab your tinfoil hat, because this book is right up your alley! If you are looking for a book based in scientific reality, however, look elsewhere, because this is complete hogwash.
The author gets one thing - and one thing only - correct: Dr. Gallo did essentially rip off French research. The research in question was conducted by Francoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, who were awarded a Noble Prize for their discovery of HIV.
The true story of HIV's discovery, and the intense rivalry between Gallo, Barre-Sinoussi and Montagnier, is fascinating. If you want to read an accurate account of those events, you'd be better off skipping this book, and reading And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts, instead.
Did some HIV/AIDs patients die because of AZT? It wouldn't surprise me. Some cancer patients die because they are too weak to survive chemo, that doesn't mean that cancer is a fictional illness, or that the primary cause of the all cancer is chemo therapy. It is absurd to claim, as this book does, that AZT is the primary reason millions of people died of AIDs. How does the author explain the deaths of AIDs sufferers who never used AZT? He never addresses that troublesome fact.
With so many people worldwide still contracting HIV it's shameful that the author would try to mislead the public about HIV/AIDs, and profit from this misinformation.
The author gets one thing - and one thing only - correct: Dr. Gallo did essentially rip off French research. The research in question was conducted by Francoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, who were awarded a Noble Prize for their discovery of HIV.
The true story of HIV's discovery, and the intense rivalry between Gallo, Barre-Sinoussi and Montagnier, is fascinating. If you want to read an accurate account of those events, you'd be better off skipping this book, and reading And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts, instead.
Did some HIV/AIDs patients die because of AZT? It wouldn't surprise me. Some cancer patients die because they are too weak to survive chemo, that doesn't mean that cancer is a fictional illness, or that the primary cause of the all cancer is chemo therapy. It is absurd to claim, as this book does, that AZT is the primary reason millions of people died of AIDs. How does the author explain the deaths of AIDs sufferers who never used AZT? He never addresses that troublesome fact.
With so many people worldwide still contracting HIV it's shameful that the author would try to mislead the public about HIV/AIDs, and profit from this misinformation.
April 11, 2017
Wow. So Amazing in detail and research
I am near speechless. This book, a fictional storyline, based upon real events and data, has opened my eyes even more than they have been regarding allopathic medicine.
As a retired LPN of 40 years who truly never knew that graft and corruption are pervasive in many areas of health care until 11 years ago; I am absolutely flabbergasted to read this novel regarding of human egos and Pharmaceuticals companies ever increasing strongholds over people's lives.
The author has taken an emotional topic and crafted a "can't put it down " medical-legal drama that is Very, if not totally, believable.
Especially from a microbiology point of view.
I am ashamed to admit that before reading this book;
I never once questioned why HIV serum testing is considered to be a positive result to having a disease based upon the presence of Antibodies and NOT Antigens.
And, as far as I have been concerned for the past 10 years, this novel has added credence to my belief that the "Number One Reason" as to Why health care is becoming more costly and less effective each year, globally, is due to the deceits and greed of Pharmaceuticals Companies.
Thank you Mr. Davis, for all of the time and energy you invested in bringing this book to life.
I shall recommend it to many of my medical professionals friends.
I am near speechless. This book, a fictional storyline, based upon real events and data, has opened my eyes even more than they have been regarding allopathic medicine.
As a retired LPN of 40 years who truly never knew that graft and corruption are pervasive in many areas of health care until 11 years ago; I am absolutely flabbergasted to read this novel regarding of human egos and Pharmaceuticals companies ever increasing strongholds over people's lives.
The author has taken an emotional topic and crafted a "can't put it down " medical-legal drama that is Very, if not totally, believable.
Especially from a microbiology point of view.
I am ashamed to admit that before reading this book;
I never once questioned why HIV serum testing is considered to be a positive result to having a disease based upon the presence of Antibodies and NOT Antigens.
And, as far as I have been concerned for the past 10 years, this novel has added credence to my belief that the "Number One Reason" as to Why health care is becoming more costly and less effective each year, globally, is due to the deceits and greed of Pharmaceuticals Companies.
Thank you Mr. Davis, for all of the time and energy you invested in bringing this book to life.
I shall recommend it to many of my medical professionals friends.
December 6, 2012
This is a very interesting book. Dialogue driven with very little description. I liked the format, and the way the author treated the reader as the jury. As things got too technical in the trial for the "jury", the prosecutor(s) redirected. I enjoy conspiracy theories for what they are. Fun little things that may or may not be true, and I appreciate the conversation these theories can create. I think it is very dangerous for people to read this book and take it as fact. It is obvious research as been done, but taking your opinion from a book is not recommended. It does what great books do: opens the dialogue so the truth - whatever it is - can come out.
January 31, 2016
Unfortunately, I can't criticise the writing style of this book or it would have had one star. This book is like a car crash, you want to tear yourself away but you need to know how it ends.
This book is a completely biased, fictional load of tripe. Worryingly, as other reviews show, it is being taken seriously by people and will therefore lead to people harming their own health and that of others. The author does not present any supporting evidence for his claim and the fact that the defence counsel fails to put up any kind of fight is indicative of his bias.
I definitely would not recommend this to anyone.
This book is a completely biased, fictional load of tripe. Worryingly, as other reviews show, it is being taken seriously by people and will therefore lead to people harming their own health and that of others. The author does not present any supporting evidence for his claim and the fact that the defence counsel fails to put up any kind of fight is indicative of his bias.
I definitely would not recommend this to anyone.
September 11, 2013
An excellent read. Very informative in its fact full content. What worries me is that AZT is still given to HIV positive people here in the UK (low dosage!)and definitely in Africa mainly given to expectant women and children. What is the safe dosage? What do they mean by low dosage? Shouldn't it be banned totally if it destroys hundreds or even thousands of Healthy T cells in order to kill a single HIV infected cell? Have I got this wrong?
June 27, 2016
By the same man that wrote "Are You Positive", the book makes its case in a fiction wrongful death suit of the original AIDS victims that took the black box FDA drugs. Thought provoking, it made me stop and think about our pharmaceutical industry and it's motives. Plan on spending a couple hours on the internet googling facts and info and being a little dumbfounded. From what I could tell, quite a bit of info checked out, but I'm no doctor or biologist, so you'll have to read for yourself.
September 14, 2012
This book was fascinating. I read real-life court cases a lot as a former law student, and this one put into a more fictional context made it impossible to put down. There are characters you totally hate and others you have complete empathy for. This is a must read for anyone who has lost someone in their life to this horrible disease and asks why?
March 24, 2017
Book summary is misleading. What I thought would be a look at how actions or lack of action resulted in too many people dying turned out to be AIDS denialist propaganda.
Authors like Stephen Davis are deleterious to human beings because people may be convinced this error riddled piece of drivel is cemented in fact when in fact the opposite is true. If I could give it negative stars I would.
Authors like Stephen Davis are deleterious to human beings because people may be convinced this error riddled piece of drivel is cemented in fact when in fact the opposite is true. If I could give it negative stars I would.
August 17, 2011
This book was another free one from my Kindle. It looked really interesting. Though I'm just starting to read it, I already do not want to put it down. I like how it doesn't just use medical or legal jargon. It explains terms. I can't wait to get further into it!
June 18, 2013
This was a very interesting read. If you have ever known anyone who has died from AIDS, it will inspire you to do some research. If not, it will at least make you wonder if the government is always looking out for our best interest. At the very least you will find it a compelling read.
March 4, 2014
Love when a free Kindle book turns out to be amazing! It was a great read. So informative. I like how the author just laid the info out for one to decide and do with it what they will like in a real jury
May 20, 2011
A must read for anyone interested in the HIV/AIDS controversy.. Very inlightening as to what may really be the cause of AIDS.
August 14, 2012
Caught my attention from beginning to end could this be true if it is what a waste of life, and the people we trust to make sound decision have failed us yet again
June 8, 2025
In a fictious case, Ben Messick and his team take Dr Robert Gallo and company to court for the death of 300,000 men who died of AIDS, claiming AZT is actually the cause of AIDS rather than HIV. Through research and compelling arguments and a defense that isn't even putting up a defense, Sarah - a medical reporter - builds up her own personal defense, and like most of the world watching the trial, refuses to believe the evidence presented. What happens when the evidence is right on the money and cannot be refuted?
This book was INCREDIBLY interesting. I found myself researching right along with this book, and appreciated resources given in the author's note at the end. Sarah was someone to definitely empathize with, especially when she reveals her own story and relation to the case. It also opens up so many avenues of wondering just how far people are willing to go for the right price. I'm also a sucker for a good conspiracy story/theory, and will definitely continue research into this!
This book was INCREDIBLY interesting. I found myself researching right along with this book, and appreciated resources given in the author's note at the end. Sarah was someone to definitely empathize with, especially when she reveals her own story and relation to the case. It also opens up so many avenues of wondering just how far people are willing to go for the right price. I'm also a sucker for a good conspiracy story/theory, and will definitely continue research into this!
May 1, 2020
This story follows a reporter in Arizona during the 2000s class action wrongful death lawsuit brought against GlaxoSmithKline and various US governmental departments.
The basis of the suit is that the drug AZT which was given to delay HIV turning into AIDS killed those taking it quicker that the AIDS would, all because the evidence for AZT was falsified or exaggerated and those who spoke out against it were being silenced of sacked.
This is a terrifying and heartbreaking story and although I do not know how true it is, it is a terrifying but very real prospect. As lay people, we rely on the advice of our medical professionals who in turn rely on the governmental guidance and the results of any testing carried out. But if those tests are false and the government are paid millions of pounds in political donations to not question things too deeply, what would happen?
An incredible story that everyone should read.
The basis of the suit is that the drug AZT which was given to delay HIV turning into AIDS killed those taking it quicker that the AIDS would, all because the evidence for AZT was falsified or exaggerated and those who spoke out against it were being silenced of sacked.
This is a terrifying and heartbreaking story and although I do not know how true it is, it is a terrifying but very real prospect. As lay people, we rely on the advice of our medical professionals who in turn rely on the governmental guidance and the results of any testing carried out. But if those tests are false and the government are paid millions of pounds in political donations to not question things too deeply, what would happen?
An incredible story that everyone should read.
March 28, 2019
Thought provoking book, well written and quite an eye opener. Makes one wonder how the government, medical associations, various health departments, patent office get away with backing a product that fails the major testing requirements.
I have been googling information after finishing this book and even today some people are still denying that the drug company and Dr. Robert Gallo were wrong when the overwhelming proof is there.
This is a must read just to make one aware of how greed and corruption can work in our government showing little concern for its citizens. I am not a conspiracy theorist and have always had faith in our government, but this book shakes me to the core.
I have been googling information after finishing this book and even today some people are still denying that the drug company and Dr. Robert Gallo were wrong when the overwhelming proof is there.
This is a must read just to make one aware of how greed and corruption can work in our government showing little concern for its citizens. I am not a conspiracy theorist and have always had faith in our government, but this book shakes me to the core.
February 13, 2025
This book is a terrible slur on Dr Gallo and all the talented men & women who toiled researching a treatment/cure/vaccine for AIDS/HIV.
Since 2007 Dr Gallo and his organizations have obtained $60M in research grants based on their promising research.
In this era of conspiracy nutjobs coming out of the woodwork this author represents a great big knot…
Since 2007 Dr Gallo and his organizations have obtained $60M in research grants based on their promising research.
In this era of conspiracy nutjobs coming out of the woodwork this author represents a great big knot…
November 6, 2019
Fantastic book,very hard to put down,well written,who knows there may be more truth to this book they people what to admit
April 29, 2020
I was interested in a courtroom drama. Instead felt like I was being manipulated by an agenda. Not for me. Not even interesting enough to send me looking into this conspiracy theorist's claims.
February 16, 2017
Although this is a fiction book, it is based on factual information and as such...It scares me! To think that the governmental agencies that are put in place with the specific purpose of protecting us from medical malpractice (& in this discussion, I am only referring to intentional not accidental mistakes that can occur) can be controlled and manipulated into making deathly decisions all for the purpose of power and greed, without regard for the deaths that result from their abuse of power, is outright frightening. I realize this is based on older information and that many more safeguards have been put into place in an attempt to prevent such atrocities from happening again, but IMO, people haven't changed that drastically and their will always be the few power hungry, money greedy people working with and for the ultra rich corporations that will manage to take advantage of a group of people suffering from a deadly illness and use it to their financial gain without any regard for the actual effect it has on the average person who places their trust in the medical profession (of which the majority are in it for the right reasons, to help others). This book has opened my eyes to some of the background political goings on that I know happen on a regular basis but I never realized the depth to which it could go and how just a very few people can effectively control and manipulate the majority into believing what they want them to, despite ludicrous it may be. My heart breaks for all of those who were so horrifically impacted by these people/corporations all for the money. I hope that books such as this one will continue he to be published and oust the ones responsible for such acts so that they can be prevented in the future. We need to have more accountability within the governmental agencies and less power placed in the hands of an individual person so this can't happen again.
May 21, 2011
This was an interesting read. I liked it a lot, but I'm not sure it would be for everyone. It is almost totally dialog driven. It takes place mostly in a courtroom where a class action suit have been filed on behalf of 300,000 family members of AIDS victims who died in the 80's and early 90's. It is based on true events, but if you read it, keep in mind it is a novel.
If it is nothing else, it is food for thought.
If it is nothing else, it is food for thought.
June 13, 2013
This was a very interesting, fast-paced read about a subject that I hadn't even realized was controversial. I am ever the skeptic, so I have to say the book's conclusion falls under the heading of "batshit insane conspiracy theory", but that certainly doesn't diminish the entertainment value.
July 9, 2016
Whew, well at least the writing is good. I can't say the same for content. Anyone with a medical background or who has degrees in virology, biochemistry, etc. will cringe. I can only imagine a book based on the work (and I use that term loosely) of Andrew Wakefield is in the works.
June 22, 2012
Extremely eye opening and appalling if the information presented here is true.
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May 15, 2013
I enjoyed this, struggled in parts keeping up with what was what, but overall a really good read.
September 12, 2013
I spent as much time researching as reading but it was an intresting book
May 5, 2014
Brilliantly done!!!
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