Edward Hooper
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The River: A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS
Edward Hooper
Based on over a decade of research, involving more than 600 interviews and analysis of more than 4,000 scientific texts, The River examines the myriad theories about the origin of the AIDS epidemic—and reaches a stunning and startling conclusion.
Since the early nineties, serious HIV researchers have been aware that the most common variant of HIV—human immunodeficiency virus—is the direct descendant of an SIV—simian immunodeficiency virus—carried by African chimpanzees. Many doctors and scientists think the transfer was “natural,” the result of…
