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The River : A Journey back to the Source of HIV and AIDS Hardcover – 1 Sept. 1999

by W D Hamilton (Author), Edward Hooper (Author)

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THE RIVER is an unprecedented investigation into the origins of AIDS, the most terrible epidemic of the twentieth century. Based on nine years of full-time research by science journalist Edward Hooper, and involving over 600 interviews and the examination of over 4,000 books and articles, THE RIVER is certain to become THE authoritative chronicle of the AIDS pandemic. This is an exceptionally compelling and vivid epic of investigation, adventure and revelation. 'What scoops, what personalities, what landscapes, what far places! Above all what enigmas, what awful inexorable tragedy stand there behind! Everyone should read this book, both for its story and in order to think hard on all that it implies' - W.D. Hamilton, University of Oxford

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1120 pages
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English
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Allen Lane
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1 Sept. 1999
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16.2 x 6.4 x 24.2 cm
ISBN-10

0713993359
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978-0713993356
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Allen Lane; 1st British Edition (1 Sept. 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1120 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0713993359
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0713993356
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.2 x 6.4 x 24.2 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 1,260,671 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 535 in Family & Lifestyle Infectious & Contagious Diseases
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- 1,828 in History of Medicine

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The origin of the AIDs epidemic has been one of the major scientific riddles of our time, and Edward Hooper's The River is a brilliant piece of scientific journalism that attempts to offer some worthwhile answers, and in doing so, raises some uncomfortable questions. "The biotechnological advances of the last twenty-five years hold out tantalising promises of human advancement and happiness, but they also confront us potentially with the greatest dangers our species has ever faced." Hooper certainly manages to clear the ground, demolishing a lot of the standard hypotheses on how the AIDs epidemic started. Instead, he produces one which has at the very least the merit of being directly falsifiable, however controversial and productive of litigation. In doing so, he raises important questions about the public ethical accountability of scientists, the use of human beings in experiments and the use of animals as the source for vaccines and transplants. If he is right, the attempt in the 1950s to tackle one major epidemic, polio, has inadvertently produced another even greater plague; and even if he is wrong, he has raised some important questions. This is not just a scientific investigation, of course; it is an important human story and Hooper's interviews with many of the scientists involved in tracing the origins of the epidemic are smart and humane. This is a crucial book which none interested in the issues it raises can afford to ignore. --Roz Kaveney

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Science journalist Edward Hooper has written articles about early examples of HIV and AIDS for Nature, The Lancet and the British Medical Journal. He lives in Somerset.

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Truth about vaccines

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 August 2020

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Vaccines have animal viruses which are harmful to humans and cause cancers and brain deficiencies. Chronic illnesses in the USA have gone up from 12% before 1989 to 58% since 1989. In 1986 they passed the vaccine act removing liability from Pharmaceutical companies so they could not be sued so Vaccines became more widespread. This was against Amendment 2 to the constitution. Vaccines also contain aluminium and mercury harmful to humans. Currently in America young adults are given 72 shots of vaccines by the age of 20. Vaccines have been shown to be linked with autism and ME/Chronic fatigue syndrome. See Robert Kennedy Jr. Judy Mikovits, Andrew Wakefield, Suzanne Humphries, Sherri Tenpenny, Hillary Butler, Del Bigtree and others.

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important implications for today

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 February 2021

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The book is about the reckless vaccination development and testing program in Africa. In all likelihood, the polio virus spread HIV. Hooper's investigation into this matter is awe inspiring. The implications of establishing a causal link to HIV are huge.

But if medical professionals were so reckless in risking people's lives with the polio vaccine, has that changed now with the rush to develop the covid vaccine. In most respects the situation seems even worse, especially since google/twitter consider this a taboo topic.

The book is on the long side, but worth reading to learn about vaccine production, testing, the animals used, and the personality clashes among the megalomaniac personalities involved.

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This book is exceedingly long and discusses certain aspects of ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 January 2017

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This book is exceedingly long and discusses certain aspects of history and culture without providing introductions to these factors.

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Andrea Usai

A must-read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2019

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Great book! Everyone should read it!

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 March 2017

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Needs republishing/reprint

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5 stars, what else can you say? Helluvahistory!

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Corruption Revealed

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The research is persuasive. AIDS was introduced to Africa by whitey. A US doctor used chimp serum for his Polio vaccine in The Congo, and the drivers of the lorries carrying copper across Africa to Mombassa spread HIV across the continent. One third of the children in Kampala, the capitalcity of Uganda are now AIDS orphans. The responsiility was covered up in the usual manner.

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A book that could leave you sure about the origin of AIDS.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 February 2000

The River is a truly awesome piece of investigative narration. DO NOT be put off its voluminousness or threat of medical esotericism. From the outset of his book Edward Hooper approaches the subject of the origin and early cases of AIDS in a totally impartial and level-headed manner, and only after many chapters and many years of meticulous research does he very slowly come to the controversial conclusion that has upset many since its publication. To a layman like myself the book throws up some rather surprising and hard to digest facts regarding the modus operandi of the medical profession:even the medieval physicians of yesteryear with their primitive instruments would have recognised the need to pull together to work out the possible origin of a disease so as to go some way towards finding its cure. Like a spider spinning a web, the author painstakingly pieces together each individual strand, no matter how slender the thread, capturing the experts within their own vacillations, contradictions and disorientation, leaving the uncompleted threads blowing loosly in the wind to be tied up by only those that can - the men and women in white coats.

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