[George W. Bush]

I wonder when the patents run out on these aids cocktails.

Well, AZT was discovered in the Sixties. But I think it's still under patent. There's been a lot of monkeying around with patent and copyright law in recent years, the appearance of patent and copyright mills (intellectual property companies).

I have to admit, I don't have the patience to dig through the federal patents database to find the info.

Even if the patents run out, yuo should expect they'll have a "new and improved" version appear to carry forware the brand-name. I've seen that with expensive medicines for animals like Ivomec. Funny how they manage to improve just in time to get a new patent.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Since the drug companies haven't yet gotten to Africa to reap their riches, what is the rationale for the WHO's and the UN's and everyone else's "misdiagnosis" of the deaths in Africa as due to AIDS? What's the point?

You question the number of deaths and you question the cause of such deaths.

What if the diagnosis is correct as well as the numbers? Who do you think would gain from these lies and fabrications as to the make-up and magnitude of AIDS?

Because I don't see anyone standing behind that tree.