Hi all,
My name is Liam Scheff, I'm a journalist working on the AIDS
diagnosis problem. I wrote a series in Boston this year called
The AIDS Debate.(Links at the bottom)
I've recently been working on a story about medical/pharmaceutical
abuse in an HIV pos. children's home.
The home is called Incarnation Children's Center (ICC). It's in NYC,
north of Harlem. The children who are taken into ICC have mothers who
used drugs. They're black and hispanic, they're poor. And because
of this, as we understand that HIV tests are non-specific and
cross-reactive, the children test HIV pos.
The NIH (NIAID) and various pharmaceutical companies (Glaxo,Pfizer,
Biocene) are using these kids as test subjects in clinical trials at
ICC.
The kids are given AZT, Protease inhibitors, etc, as well as
experimental drugs, or drugs in experimental combinations. When
the children refuse the drugs, they're force fed.
If the kids continue to refuse, they're given a surgery to implant a
plastic tube through their abdomen into their stomach. The drugs are
then injected directly into their stomachs -- no refusing.
This year a six-year-old and a twelve-year-old child had strokes
because of the drugs. The 12-year-old went blind. They both died
shortly after. The children walk around in various states of
deformation and retardation because of lifelong exposure to AZT and
Protease inhibitors.
Parents who refuse to give their children the drugs are labelled
'incompetent' by the city/state agency. The children are removed from
parental custody and remanded to ICC. I've written an extensive story
about this - which consists of an interview with a mother of two
children at Incarnation, as well as the administering doctor at the
place, who blithely confirms the practice of cutting these
children open so they can be drugged.
This is a horrible, grotesque story. But it's real, it's happening
now. I've been there, I've seen it, and I'm sick to death being
the only one who knows about it.
I don't have an outlet yet, and am I'm wondering if you can help put
the story out there -- web, local underground papers, any friendly,
or at least not-unfriendly outlet. I certainly want everybody who
is aware of the problem with the AIDS diagnosis to know that this is
going on.
If I had my way, every time somebody went searching for "HIV"
or "AIDS" on the web, this story -- and all of your stories, would
come up first.
I know the story's in NY, and most of you aren't, but it's a small
world, and getting the story out there will help it find a publisher.
Any ideas or help are greatly appreciated. I'll send you a word doc
of the piece upon your request.
Please feel free to pass this email along to any and all useful
contacts.
Hope all's well and thanks for your time and consideration,
Liam Scheff
Web links to the three-part AIDS Debate series:
The AIDS Debate part 1- The Most Controversial Story That You've Never Heard:
Part 2 - The Gay Plague:
Part 3 - Africa:
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