Episode 67: Dissidents Who Have Died — Joe Stokely Remembers Karri
What happens when an “HIV-positive” person needs emergency medical care? Tragically, we hear from many who have been denied this care as soon as they were deemed to have “AIDS.” Join us as Joe Stokely shares memories of his late wife, Karri Stokely, the agonies of her years on the “antiretroviral” AIDS drugs (ARVs), her remarkable recovery off them, and her struggle to get basic health care for a life-threatening condition later — without re-submitting to the drugs. Finally, Joe speaks movingly of her tragic death. Continue reading »
Comments (3)Episode 26: Nancy Turner Banks, MD
This Harvard-trained MD who also has an MBA has recently published her book “AIDS, Opium, Diamonds and Empire”, subtitled “The Deadly Virus of International Greed”. Nancy had a wide ranging discussion with Terry Michael and David Crowe for almost an hour. Continue reading »
Comment (1)Episode 17: The Nagels
When a Minnesota couple decided to adopt a baby from the wreckage of Ceaucescu’s Romania it seemed like a beautiful thing. But then HIV turned their lives upside down.
Comment (0)Episode 11: Medical Advisor to Law & Order Speaks on “AIDS Denialism”
Dr. Jocelyn Dee is an AIDS specialist at USC’s Rand Schrader Clinic where poor, uneducated, uninsured, often illiterate, sometimes homeless, and frequently drug addicted HIV positives can receive medical care regardless of ability to pay. She also serves as an advisor for fictional television programs that feature real life medical issues in their story lines. It was in this advisory capacity that Dr. Dee worked on the recent Law & Order SVU episode, “Retro,” which took on the topic of “AIDS denialism.” Continue reading »
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