The Gary Null Blog

By David Crowe June 2001 HIV-positive people are some of the most poked, prodded, tested and measured in the world. Yet, surprisingly enough, most of the tests and measurements are not nearly as accurate as is generally stated. HIV Testing HIV testing is generally considered to be extraordinarily accurate. In fact, it has to be this way, because if people were told that there was a 90% chance that they had a fatal disease and had to take extraordinarily toxic therapy, many might decide that they were in the 10% of false test results. Only by claiming that HIV tests are virtually always right can people be terrorized into taking their medications. Examine these quotes and consider whether this is really true.