최근 라스닉 박사가 영국의 의학전문잡지인 bmj의 편집자에게 보낸 편지입니다.
이 편지에서 에이즈 과학자들이 악의적인 의도로 음베키 대통령이 반체제 에이즈 과학자와 결별했다고 주장한 것에 대해 비판을 하며, 음베키 대통령은 그 전과 마찬가지로 여전히 반체제 에이즈 과학자로부터 에이즈 정책에 관한 조언을 듣고 있음을 설명합니다.
Dear Editor,
Didier Fassin and Helen Schneider say that in "April 2002...Mbeki formally distanced himself from the AIDS 'dissidents'". I have read reports in the newspapers making such wishful claims, but none has been confirmed by the South African government, certainly not by the president. I am a member of Thabo Mbeki's AIDS Advisory Panel, which is still in existence. None of us on his AIDS Panel was informed that Mbeki no longer has need of our services. His government continues to call upon us for advice and assistance. What evidence do Fassin and Schneider have that Mbeki formally or otherwise has distanced himself from the AIDS dissidents? Can they cite their sources of this information?
David Rasnick, PhD
AIDS dissident and still a Member of the President’s AIDS Advisory Panel
Competing interests: Member of President Mbeki's AIDS Advisory Panel