Monday, March 7, 2016

NEW: I never said HIV does not cause AIDS, says Thabo Mbeki

Former president Thabo Mbeki has addressed the "HIV denialism" which overshadowed his term in office.
















"I never said 'HIV does not cause Aids'. This false accusation was made by people who benefitted from trumpeting the slogan 'HIV causes Aids' as though this was a religious edict.

"What I said is that 'a virus cannot cause a syndrome'," Mbeki said in his letter on Monday.


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