AIDS TREATMENT NEWS No. 071 - December 16, 1988
John S. James
Most of the information available about the typhoid treatment has come from its advocates. Many people are using or considering using the treatment; they should be able to hear from different perspectives, not only from the advocates.
Recently Project Inform, a San Francisco organization which for several years has provided information about non- approved treatments, wrote to Spin, a music magazine which had carried a highly favorable article about the typhoid-shot treatment. Project Inform's three-page letter included detailed criticisms of the AIDS-is-syphilis theories and of the claims for the typhoid injections.
The letter also noted that Project Inform had heard from many patients treated with typhoid shots, and that most of them had reported negatively, saying that their bloodwork continued to decline.
You can obtain a copy of the letter from Project Inform, 415/558-9051, or 800/334-7422 from California, 800/822-7422 from other states.
A stronger negative comment about typhoid-vaccine shots recommended by researchers who think that syphilis not HIV causes AIDS--"I think (they're) quacks--and don't know the first thing about AIDS"--came from Barry Gingell, M.D., a physician who has AIDS and who edits Treatment Issues, an AIDS treatment newsletter distributed without charge by the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) in New York. Dr. Gingell was quoted in an article published in 7 Days, November 23, 1988.
For the case for the typhoid-injection treatment, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Michael Smith, 279 Collingwood, San Francisco, CA 94114.
We believe that the best way to resolve the issue is to find out how people are doing who started the typhoid injections a year or more ago. There was a flurry of interest at that time, especially on Long Island. A telephone survey could find out how these people are doing--how many are still alive, whether they have continued the treatment, and what they think about it a year after starting. Such a study could determine long-term results quickly, with little expense.
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