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The scientific evidence for HIV/AIDS
You are hereChristine Maggiore died of AIDS
Christine Maggiore's death=20 certificate states that the immediate cause or condition resulting = in her=20 death was disseminated herpes viral infection. Bilateral bronchial = pneumonia is=20 given as the underlying cause, and oral candidiasis is given as a = significant=20 condition contributing to death. Based on her statements and her = career,=20 Maggiore was HIV-positive (see her book, and note that Alive and Well, = the group=20 she started, is described on its website as having been "founded in 1995 = by a=20 group of HIV positive diagnosed men and women"). In HIV-infected = people,=20 all of the above conditions are AIDS-defining opportunistic infections, = and in=20 combination they are hauntingly typical of AIDS in the years before = ARVs.=20 Many people who have died of AIDS shared the same constellation of = opportunistic infections that killed Ms Maggiore. HIV-negative = individuals=20 almost never have all of these opportunistic infections = simultaneously.
Maggiore's physician in the weeks prior to her death was Ilona = Abraham,=20 MD, of Encino, California. She signed the death certificate and = states=20 that Maggiore was in her care from December 16, 2008, to December 23, = 2008, when=20 she last saw her alive. Abraham graduated from Semmelweis Medical = School=20 in Budapest, Hungary, in 1967. She has an extensive history of malpractice cases and disciplinary=20 actions, and no expertise in HIV. Abraham practices bogus = "anti-aging"=20 medicine, and treats her patients with untested and unproven treatments = such as=20 chelation and homeopathy. Abraham supported Maggiore's denialism = and=20 clearly misdiagnosed and mistreated her.
Maggiore's daughter, Eliza Jane Scovill, also died of AIDS when she = was 3.=20 This cause of death, following an autopsy, was recorded on the = child's=20 death certificate. Eliza Jane had no known risk of HIV exposure = other than=20 perinatal transmission from her mother. Maggiore's husband, Robin = Scovill,=20 reached an out-of-court settlement last week in a case he and Maggiore = had=20 brought against the Coronor's office. Maggiore stated on various = denialist web=20 sites that her lawsuit was a challenge to the finding that Eliza Jane = died from=20 HIV/AIDS. In fact, the revised lawsuit was not about the cause of her = daughter's=20 death, but about whether the LA Coroner's office and its staff violated = the=20 family's right to privacy after the child died. We note that the = Maggiore family=20 chose to make public many details of the lives and health of the whole = family -=20 mother, daughter, son and husband - so there is an irony in any lawsuit = that=20 alleges a privacy violation. The lawsuit was settled for $15,000, with = no=20 admission of wrongdoing, presumably to save the cost of a trial. Hence = the LA=20 Coroner's verdict that Eliza Jane Scovill died of HIV/AIDS remains the = official=20 verdict on, and the truth about, the death of Eliza Jane Scovill.
Unfortunately, no autopsy was performed on Maggiore's body, and she = was=20 cremated. Presumably, her family made these decisions. AIDS=20 denialists often claim that they are victims of conspiracies and = cover-ups.=20 But they have been anything but transparent in the way they have = handled=20 the horrible and unnecessary death from HIV/AIDS of Christine = Maggiore.
Christine Maggiore's name has been added to AIDStruth.org's list of = Denialists = who have=20 Died of AIDS.