The news below makes an important
point about the type of legal cases that AIDS Denialist Clark Baker targets
for his Office of Medical and Scientific Justice (OMSJ). There are far better legal
defenses than AIDS denialism for those accused of HIV-related crimes.
Psychopaths aside, no one infected with HIV wants to infect another person.
Failure to disclose HIV is a serious consequence of the stigma and
discrimination that people living with HIV encounter. People with HIV may also
fail to disclose when they believe that they are no longer infectious and use condoms. Reasonable people can differ regarding these dilemmas and their implications
of HIV disclosure. What is not reasonable or even rational is to claim that no
harm can come from failing to disclose because HIV does not cause AIDS, HIV
tests are invalid, or some nutty conspiracy theory. Everyone accused of a crime
deserves a competent defense. It looks like Canada is on the right track toward dealing with this issue. (Thanks to Truthy for the tip)
