The river book about aids

Because it is still relevant, i have put a link at the end of this post to my original welcome to aids origins message from 2006, written a couple of years after the site first went live. Spillover tells of various viruses sars, ebola, aids, and probably countless others that have jumped species, from animal to human. As author of the river a journey to the source of hiv and aids little, brown, 1999, i would like to make a few comments about, and corrections to, carol ann campbells otherwise excellent article aids jersey roots explored, published on december 26, 1999. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The origin story of the worldwide aids epidemic excerpt. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this months biggest new. A journey to the source of hiv and aids hardcover september 1, 1999 by edward hooper author.

Distinguished science journalist edward hooper presents the meticulously researched and highly readable. 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 epidemicand reaches a stunning and startling conclusion. Book claims aids epidemic started in rainforest in. I feel, writing it up, like im delivering a eulogy. One subplot is a time travelogue of research in africa in. In his theory about the origin of aids, the author proposes that hiv made the jump. Combining the supposed upswing in cancer at the same time is what ed haslam brings to the table in his book. Thanks to molecular technology, the hiv2 virus, mainly limited to west africa, was found to be identical in genome organisation to a simian virus siv in the local. After sincerely backing vaccines and medicines on another recently posted doc, i feel rather silly going into this rabbit hole, but the aids explanation makes sense as presented here. Tracing the long, convoluted history of the aids epidemic. When brian got rescued, the government thought that he was really good at survival technique for surviving, so they asked him to teach the government official how to survive with nothing. The first identified patient with hiv infection and aids was a scandinavian man in the 1960s, who had visited westcentral africa. Margaret atieno ogola 12 june 1958 21 september 2011 was a kenyan novelist who wrote the river and the source and its sequel, i swear by apollo.

Quite simply, if we have a good understanding of where and how aids originated, we are in a better position to find the needed treatments and cures. 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. A journey to the source of hiv and aids hooper, edward, hamilton, bill on. Jonathan latham the bioscience resource project if humans really did acquire hiv aids from bushmeat, then how can one explain that the four known variants of hiv three different types of hiv1, plus hiv2, each acquired independently, apparently originate from a very brief period in the history of humanchimpanzee interaction. Rolling stones clarification notwithstanding, journalist edward hooper wrote a book called the river. 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.

A journey to the source of hiv and aids american journal. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The river and the source follows four generations of kenyan women in a rapidly changing country and society. Distinguished science journalist edward hooper presents the meticulously researched and highly readable history of hiv and its. A journey to the source of hiv and aids hooper, edward on. A journey to the source of hiv and aids edward hooper hailed both for its revelations and its intense readability, this extraordinary work of investigative reporting examines the myriad theories about the origin of aids and offers compelling evidence that an experimental polio vaccine administered in africa in the 1950s led to one. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Aids origins edward hoopers site on the origin of aids. Journalist edward hooper detailed the hypothesis in his 1999 book, the river. Edward hooper spent years looking for the source, and his book has sparked controversy over claims of human error. A journey to the source of hiv and aids in 1999, based. A journey back to the source of hiv and aids penguin science s. How aids emerged from an african forest, is an edited and reshaped version of a chapter from spillover, his much larger 2012. Author quammen writes about science, disease, and dense subjects with an ease that is enviable.

The book has been on the kcse syllabus for many years, and it won the 1995 commonwealth writers prize for best first book, africa region. While science has devoted much of its efforts to finding a cure for aids. In 2000, the royal society held a meeting to discuss data on the origin of aids. The sole agenda of this book is convincing the reader that human immunodeficiency virus type 1 hiv1 infection in humans originated.

A journey to the source of hiv and aids skip to main content. Licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of sony classical. Fascinating read about the race for a vaccine against polio and the use of wild simians to develop it. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.

For possibly thousands of years, the simian precursor to the aids virus existed among chimpanzees in central africa. The river, a book about a debunked theoretical origin of hivaids by edward hooper. The river maid trilogy the river maid, book 1 l ondon, 1854. The river paulsen novel, a 1991 novel by gary paulsen. Aids, first recognised in 1981, has killed millions of people worldwide and no cure is in sight. The river reveals much about what africa was like around the time that hiv probably arose, and the book could shed light on the role of human hands in the emergence of viruses as well as the events by which a virus went from being an endemic simian infection to an epidemic human pathogen. I created aids to deliberately depopulate humanity dr. A journey to the source of hiv and aids which gives account to the possible origins of hiv to the polio vaccine campaign conduced in africa, but david quammens book investigates further. Explore free books, like the victory garden, and more browse now. Did a western medical team in 1950s africa cause the aids epidemic. Edward hooper born 1951, uk writer on opv aids hypothesis ted hooper 19182010, british beekeeper ted hooper rugby league 18711925, australian rugby league referee and administrator.

Ed hoopers epic book, the story of his quest, eclipses all previous efforts. A journey back to the source of hiv and aids edward hooper on. It reveals even more about how science operates in the. I can be quite gullible if someone paints a good picture. I created aids to deliberately depopulate humanity dr robert gallo courtesy. At this meeting, three independent labs released the results of tests on the remaining stocks of koprowskis vaccine, which edward hooper had demanded in the river.

Review of edward hooper, the river, published in science. The origin story of the worldwide aids epidemic excerpt author david quammen traces hiv from a forest in africa in his new book, investigating how it came to infect more than 60 million people. Edward hooper based on nine years of fulltime research by science journalist, edward hopper, this text presents an investigation into the origins of aids. Spillover tells of various viruses sars, ebola, aids, and probably countless others that have jumped. In his theory about the origin of aids, the author proposes. While science has devoted much of its efforts to finding a cure for aids, the sources of this deadly epidemic remain largely unexamined. A journey to the source of hiv and aids in 1999, based on the conjecture about an opvhiv link. Dr leonard horovitz in the interests of extending human educational knowledge. By the end of 1999 some 50 million individuals worldwide had been infected with. Hooper further expanded on his allegations in a 2000 meeting in. But in a clever marketing move, two chapters from the book have been republished and expanded as standalone books. In the river, edward hooper builds a case for hivs sudden appearance in the 1970s springing from unsafe practices surrounding the development and production of live oral polio vaccines in the late 50s. Literature the river short story, a 1955 short story by flannery oconnor.

Then came sporadic cases among gay men in the united states and among haitians in the 1970s, leading to the global explosion in the 80s and 90s and the literal decimation of peoples in several tropical countries. Then, one night, she must transport a mysterious man from a foreign ship to the banks of the thames, a man who ends up renting a room in essies house. The polio vaccine cbc witness, 2004 on april 12, 1955 jonas salks polio vaccine was first licensed for public use in the u. Ive devoured both books and im now champing at the bit to read the rest of spillover. A journey back to the source of hiv and aids by edward hooper and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Hooper argued that the animal cells used to culture the vaccine virus were kidney cells from chimpanzees local to where the vaccine was used, and. The book claims aids originated in cameroon around 1908 and spread down the sangha river before reaching kinshasa, the capital of the congo, sometime in the 1910s or 1920s. Very in depth book about the possibility of hiv coming out of 1950s polio vaccine work in the belgian congo. Quite a page turner that really explores many possible avenues that may have led to the world wide epidemic of hiv. How aids emerged from an african forest is an extract from a larger book by the same author. The oral polio vaccine opv aids conspiracy theory posits that the aids pandemic originated. The river is a book that takes place after brian gets rescued from the wilderness after forty four days. A journey to the source of hiv and aids, published by little brown. The polio vaccine and hiv link history of vaccines.