Seeds of Doom

Story of a controversial theory about the origin of AIDS

Seeds of Doom

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A theatrical documentary written by Christian Biasco (2005)

English version by Stephen Smith

Summary

Chapter 1: Poliomyelitis

• What is poliomyelitis?
• Salk and Sabin vaccines
• Who am I to be telling this story?
• What have they got to do with monkeys?
• SV40

Chapter 2: AIDS

• SIV / HIV connection
• The "bushmeat" theory
• Poliovirus vaccine and the origin of HIV
• Recklessly wild and unscientific speculation?
• Hypothesis merely theoretical

Chapter 3: Belgian Congo

• CHAT Vaccinations
• Hilary Koprowski
• The OPV/AIDS hypothesis
• Would you publicize it?
• Tom Curtis' article

Chapter 4: Suppression of Dissent

• Louis Pascal
• Reaction of the scientific world
• Wistar Institute
• The Manchester Sailor
• The lawsuit against Curtis
• 1.6 Stupendous revelation

Chapter 5: The River

• Other theories
• Hooper's researches
• Chimpanzees
• African experiments
• The River

Chapter 6: The Royal Society

• Bill Hamilton
• Royal Society
• Critics to "bushmeat" hypothesis
• Unsterile injections hypotheses

Chapter 7: Finale

• Old vaccines
• Who decides?
• Finale