Dr Peter Duesberg was at the forefront of the AIDS debate and proven conclusively that HIV does not cause AIDS and AIDS is a lifestyle disease caused mainly by poor nutrition and excessive drug consumption (poppers mostly). Unfortunately, the gay community had a lot of political clout and they were demanding answers and cures. They were fobbed off with a lie, then sold AZT which was what did the real damage, killing many people. This was Fauci's first attempt at genocide. Kary Mullis once joked that if you wanted to be cured of HIV, go to Africa and retake the test (the cycle count for the HIV / PCR test is much higher in the US than Africa).