Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us.

Of course, there are diseases of which people die.

Originally, in the early eighties, the drug hypothesis was among the first which occurred to scientists.

Of course, screening for HIV did essentially eliminate the transmission of this virus by transfusions.

If Baltimore's view, that scientists who do not take the words of authorities are far removed from the ordinary behavior of scientists, prevails in the scientific community, then something fundamental, very serious, and very disturbing is happening to the scientific community.

I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground.

There exist thousands of Americans who have AIDS-defining diseases but are HIV negative.