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Revision as of 23:11, January 20, 2022
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While there has been no announcement to the end of AIDS, it seems scientists have successfully treated a baby born with HIV. Further studies will be needed to see if the baby, in fact, has been successfully treated in the long term.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57572271/baby-born-with-aids-virus-appears-to-have-been-cured/</ref>
While there has been no announcement to the end of AIDS, it seems scientists have successfully treated a baby born with HIV. Further studies will be needed to see if the baby, in fact, has been successfully treated in the long term.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57572271/baby-born-with-aids-virus-appears-to-have-been-cured/</ref>
==cold War propaganda==
==Cold War propaganda==
There are several discredited beliefs about AIDS, many of which are the result of a deliberate disinformation campaign for political purposes. In the 1980s, the [[KGB]] initiated [[Operation Infektion]], claiming that the virus was formulated by military contractors on an American military base. Since the widespread dissemination of this misinformation, HIV has been the subject of widespread [[Conspiracy theories]]. Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, has long held that the virus was created to exterminate blacks.<ref>[https://www.poz.com/article/The-Secret-Plot-to-Destroy-African-Americans-7602-7053 The Secret Plot to Destroy African Americans]</ref>
There are several discredited beliefs about AIDS, many of which are the result of a deliberate disinformation campaign for political purposes. In the 1980s, the [[KGB]] initiated [[Operation Infektion]], claiming that the virus was formulated by military contractors on an American military base. Since the widespread dissemination of this misinformation, HIV has been the subject of widespread [[Conspiracy theories]]. Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, has long held that the virus was created to exterminate blacks.<ref>[https://www.poz.com/article/The-Secret-Plot-to-Destroy-African-Americans-7602-7053 The Secret Plot to Destroy African Americans]</ref>