Episode 93: Dr. Claus Koehnlein Helps You Decide Whether to Get a Flu Shot this Year

To flu shot or not to flu shot? Dr. Claus Koehnlein of Kiel, Germany, treats many “HIV positives,” widely considered to have an immune deficiency and therefore to be prime candidates for vaccines of this type. But did you know that a recent flu vaccination is among many factors that could cause a false “HIV positive” test result in the first place? What about that 1918 influenza pandemic we don’t want to repeat? What is the flu, anyway, and isn’t it sometimes fatal? Continue reading »

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Episode 3: What is AIDS Anyway?

David and Christine discuss this seemingly simple question and reveal how there is AIDS without disease, AIDS diseases without an AIDS diagnosis, AIDS diagnosed without HIV testing, and AIDS based on a doctor’s idea of who a patient may be. Continue reading »

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