To Find the Actual Cause of AIDS
by Ching-Chee Chan, Ph.D.
Part of Supplement, Book 2
EGRET PUBLISHING INC.
All Rights Reserved, January 1999
This is a brief summation of what have been done and what to do
next regarding AIDS and related diseases.
Historical Aspect of AIDS
Since 1960, there have been waves of immune disorders and
diseases, resulting in infections which previously afflicted only
animals; the swine flu in north America, bird flu in Hong Kong and
mad cow disease in Britain. Those who have silicone transplants
blame their problems on the transplants and suit the manufacturers
for millions. Those who do not have transplants blame their own
luck. Anyone who looks at the statistics will realize something is
wrong. North Americans have chosen alternative medicine in
droves. One in three patients uses alternative medicine. Does it ring
a bell? Scientific medicine is unable to solve the mystery or more
accurately the medical doctors are unable to pinpoint the cause or
causes. A breakthrough is needed.
When AIDS was first noted in north America, it was described as a
strange type of cancer thought to be related to lifestyles or sexual
orientation or drug use or infection like syphilis. Later on, it was
attributed to a virus called HIV.
Scientists needed grants to prove the HIV hypothesis. Politicians
were accountable for the enormous amount of money. Therefore
they wanted to be certain that the hypothesis was correct. The
general public were ignorant about science. Nobody was certain that
the hypothesis was correct because it was not yet proven. Hence
under the circumstances, aided by the media, a faith, "it is the virus,
stupid" was born. Politicians felt it was a certainty and politically
safe. The enormous sum of money was finally released. Scientists
could try to find ways to knock out the virus and see whether the
patients recovered. This was the right way to test the hypothesis or
any hypothesis.
Meanwhile, many other hypotheses have been proposed since: the
drug, infection (malaria, syphilis tuberculosis), and lifestyles (stress,
fast track living) hypotheses. In 1987, Chan proposed that AIDS was
caused by a modified version of Hansen's bacterium and activated
by lifestyles, V.D., drug and poor living conditions. A mechanism
based on the fact that ENL (erythema nodosum leprosum) could be
activated by mental or physical stress or intercurrent infection or
chemotherapy, was proposed in 1996 [see Book 2 for mechanism].
The drug, infection, stress and lifestyle hypotheses mentioned above
are mere activating conditions of the mechanism.
It is very difficult to get infected with HIV even in close contact over
long period, if one's immune system is working properly. If HIV is
treated as an indicator of the immune status of the person infected,
AIDS, cancer, autoimmune and neurological diseases can be
explained by means of the ENL mechanism.
What has been Accomplished so far? What Next?
The Thalidomide Factor
In the early 1980s, AIDS cases in north America were mainly
related to syphilis. This can be explained by means of the ENL
mechanism: intercurrent infection like syphilis activated ENL which
was and still is regarded as a "new disease," AIDS. With low
prevalence of malaria, most people in north America with or
without HIV are not likely to develop AIDS. Now with AZT doses
reduced, iatrogenic AIDS is greatly reduced and there is always
thalidomide available to stop ENL (AIDS) if it is activated by
chemotherapy. No wonder the number of deaths due to AIDS in
north America is dropping, many of them should not have been sick
in the first place. The only thing that really works is thalidomide.
The other is AZT which has worked in the negative sense. There are
Haitians in Montreal but tuberculosis-activated AIDS has not been
reported. Perhaps it is because the universal healthcare system.
Haemophilic-related stress can be alleviated by better medical care.
Drug-related stress may activate AIDS but there is always
thalidomide. The decline in the number of deaths due to AIDS has
been incorrectly attributed by the proponents of the HIV hypothesis
to the three-drug cocktails.
Proponents of the HIV hypothesis kept lengthening the incubation
period of AIDS. It was five years, then ten and now it is said to be
twenty years. Perhaps they are actually describing another disease,
Hansen's disease which has a long incubation period or it is just a
coincidence. Hansen's disease is not life-threatening, even if it is not
treated. The patient was expected to live till his mid fifties in the
early 1950s. With present living conditions, the patient should have
no problems living to sixty-five. With present medical technology
and much improved procedure regarding emergencies, the patients
may live much longer. Medical emergencies expected are ENL,
leading to inflammation, blocking the air passage, necrotizing
vasculitis (toxic shock syndrome), breaking of blood vessels,
inflammation of blood vessels, blood clotting and heart attack. As
soon as aggressive treatments are stopped, the iatrogenic ENL
(autoimmune diseases) will stop and most of the patients will
recover. If not, thalidomide treatment will stop it. The latest
development regarding AIDS (the decline in the number of deaths),
is consistent with the ENL mechanism proposed [see Chapter 2,
Book 2]. Chronic fatigue syndrome regarded by many as AIDS
without HIV or a mild form of AIDS, is not life-threatening. There
are many reports about HIV-negative AIDS but the disease is called
idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia [see also BOOK 2: Chapter 2].
The AIDS crisis in north America is mostly man-made or more
accurately, iatrogenic. Now the proponents of the HIV hypothesis
are claiming the credit for the decline in the number of deaths due
to AIDS. It is better to let them go on believing in the hoax. The HIV
industry has invested a great deal of money in the methods of testing
for HIV and in those new drugs, protease inhibitors. The people in
this industry need to get the money back even if they realized they
had made a mistake. Fighting them is simply a waste of time. It is
funding that causes scientists to fight like dogs and cats. The
proponents of the HIV hypothesis believe that HIV causes AIDS and
the rethinkers believe it does not. Why do we not agree to differ?
Indulgence in this non-productive activity is a waste of time and
energy.
Many diseases from arthritis to asthma, are linked to
overproduction of TNF-alpha and inflammation of blood vessels. In
some cases of cancer and toxic shock syndrome, blood vessels also
leak. According to some reports, inflammation of blood vessels and
blood clot precede heart attack.
The gain in solving the AIDS mystery would be enormous because it
is not just AIDS, it also involves cancer, neurological diseases,
musclo-skeletal diseases, vascular diseases . . . etc. AIDS is only the
tip of the iceberg.
Prognosis: Emulating the Manhattan Project
The proponents of the HIV hypothesis have never said they have
proven the hypothesis. They only say "it is the virus, stupid." This is
not a proof. This is an expression of faith. Faith is for religion. Many
people believe in God, but who has proven it? In science, proof is
needed. If patients recover after HIV is knocked out. This would
normally prove the hypothesis. But most patients are not seriously
ill, or not sick at all in the first place. Some patients with persistent
fever, diarrhoea and weight loss do recover but it is due to
thalidomide treatments. This does not prove anything about the HIV
hypothesis. So the band plays on, while HIV develops resistance to
new drugs and new cocktails. There are infinite number of new
drugs on the way, while the whole world waits for the
pharmaceutical industry to test all these drugs or test a new idea.
Whether this is going to be called the hoax of the century or
misunderstanding or tragedy of the century, it is for future
investigative journalists or historians to decide
In the Manhattan project, many hypotheses were tested
simultaneously and two methods turned out to be correct and
practical. It took only one and a half year and about two billion
dollars to produce the "atomic" bomb. It was a small sum compared
with the amount of money spent on AIDS and cancer. In the
Manhattan project, the hypotheses were not in conflict and many of
them were tested simultaneously. The plutonium and the diffusion
methods turned out to be workable and practical. Apparently many
AIDS hypotheses are in conflict. The hypotheses can be divided into
two groups, one HIV and the other non-HIV. The drug and syphilis
hypotheses are conditions of the ENL hypothesis. The HIV
hypothesis is being checked. With a little increase in funding, both
the HIV and ENL hypotheses can be checked.
Two Different Directions: the HIV Hypothesis and the ENL
Hypothesis, to try One at a Time or Both at the Same Time
Knock out HIV to see whether the patients recover? This is the
proper way to prove whether HIV causes AIDS. If patients continue
to be sick after HIV is knocked out, then try the ENL hypothesis.
This may take many years considering HIV developing resistance to
various new drugs. The world cannot wait indefinitely. Many years,
and many lives may be lost, not to mention losses in production, and
much grief, a kind of loss in spiritual wealth. With two-prong attack,
the cost may not necessarily be doubled because sampling cost may
be saved by using the existing samples already collected. Unlinked
testes may be carried out without consents. Time and cost may be
lower [to emulate Montreal HIV-Unlinked Tests].1.19 The blood
samples of seriously ill patients, not very seriously ill patients and
healthy people are to be tested for the DNA of Hansen's bacterium
by means of PCR in an unlinked manner together. This is to make
sure the combined results do not turn out to be 100% positive for
Hansen's bacterium because if they did, the whole group of patients
would be linked to the results. Some samples should be split and
labeled differently and sent to different laboratories for comparison.
If informed consents can be obtained, only the samples of seriously
ill patients needed to be tested, and the test results may be linked to
the individual patients. There will be fewer samples hence the cost
will be lower. If not, the unlinked tests will do. The procedure used
in Montreal can be followed.1.19 It is advisable to expect the
unexpected: mutations may have changed the DNA of the
bacterium. This may present some problems for PCR but a little R
& D should overcome them.
All the results are to be published. After that it is up to individuals
whether they want to have their blood samples checked for what
bacterium or virus and what to do next. Drugs capable of knocking
out Hansen's bacterium are available in large quantity at low cost.
AIDS and cancer are related. If the cause of AIDS is known, the
cause of cancer would be obvious.
A Low-Cost Method
Dr. Kary Mullis, winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1993, said
that the cost of the equipments and materials for his prizewinning
experiments was only a few thousand dollars. Good science does not
always cost a lot of money.
According to the ENL hypothesis, many muscle, bone, connective
tissue diseases such as arthritis, neurological disease such as
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Lou Gehrig's, inflammatory bowel
diseases such as Crohn's, cancer such as malignant melanoma,
lymphoma, breast and testicular cancer, and AIDS are caused by
Hansen's bacterium [see Chapters 2, 3, 4 Book 2]. If large number
of these patients are tested positive for Hansen's bacterium and the
bacterium is knocked out with standard treatments. If the patients
recover, it would prove the ENL hypothesis.
Recently Dr. Jack Kevorkian helped a patient of Lou Gehrig's
disease commit suicide in order to release his suffering. If Dr.
Kevorkian can be convinced that the disease can be stopped. Instead
of helping the patient to die, he can stop the disease, thus release
suffering. Lou Gehrig's disease may be an unknown part of the
spectrum of Hansen's disease according to the ENL hypothesis [for
reason, see Chapter 4, Neurological Diseases, Book 2]. The patient
may be persuaded to stay alive for the time being. A blood sample of
the patient can be checked by means of PCR for the DNA of
Hansen's bacterium. If the result is positive, the patient can be
treated, using thalidomide and standard three-drug treatment [see
Chapter 2, Book 2]. If the PCR result is negative and if the patient is
willing, only thalidomide is to be used to see whether the progression
of the disease is halted. The result of the treatment will reflect on the
hypothesis. The reasons for choosing Lou Gehrig's disease patients
are as the following: the patient's mind is not affected and capable
of making a decision; the patient is relatively young; the medical
establishment does not pretend to know the cause and the disease is
not treatable; the patient thinks he has nothing to lose. Of course,
many other potential clients of Dr. Kevorkian are suitable
candidates. Let the consumers (patients) be the judge and jury.
Could someone pass this message to Dr. Kevorkian and his patients?
The advantages of this route are that there is no conflict with the
HIV hypothesis, hence no conflict with its proponents, and also the
patients may be able to finance the PCR testings and the subsequent
treatments, because most of them have financed their own suicides.
Apart from Lou Gehrig's disease, patients of the following diseases
may be suitable candidates for this work: M.S., Parkinson's,
Crohn's, arthritis, muscular dystrophy, and sclerodermas. The same
method may be used to prevent malignant transformation thus
prevent some types of cancer. If one prediction comes true, it would
be easier to sell the rest including that about a cure for AIDS. For
those who value their privacy, all they need is to find a sympathetic
doctor and follow the procedure. The patients can stay anonymous.
All needed to be published are the results. AIDS may be a blessing
in disguise: because of AIDS, many incurable diseases may become
curable. A lot of productive energy has already been wasted in
debating whether HIV causes AIDS. This route will bypass the HIV
dispute and it should have top priority. If the other routes are taken,
financial help would be required
Action speaks louder than words. If the tests turn out nothing, not
much is lost. If something turns out, not just AIDS patients are
going to be benefitted.
If the hypothesis is proven correct, The Armageddon will be in
Subsaharan Africa. First take out malaria, then tuberculosis and
syphilis to stop them activating ENL and finally Hansen's
bacterium.
Notes:
(a) Michael J. Fox has just gone public about his problems with
Parkinson's disease. Hopefully this will focus more attention on
neurological diseases. Before 1960, it was very rare for a person of
thirty to get this kind of disease. It is not so rare now. This is a new
phenomenon. Anyone can reach Mr. Fox, please advise him to avoid
physical and mental stress, especially working under pressure, e.g.,
making movie and TV at the same time, rushing from one place to
another.
(b) Lou Gehrig's disease is also known as motor neurone disease or
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
(C) The fundamental aspects of AIDS and related problems are
dealt within the booklets, entitled "AN ALTERNATIVE
APPROACH TO AIDS AND RELATED PROBLEMS" and "AN
ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO AIDS AND RELATED
PROBLEMS: BOOK 2."
For free e-mail versions of the booklets available to anyone over
twenty-five, see Message to Readers.
(d) This will be the second prediction that comes true. The first one
was thalidomide to treat AIDS [see Chapter 4, Book 1], but
thalidomide is not a cure for AIDS. It can only stop AIDS patients
dying.
See also The Decline in the Number of Deaths due to AIDS.
See also Immune Disorders.
See also Neurological Diseases.
See also Questions and Answers.