AIDS Denialists in my Lobby

One of my favourite things about my apartment building is the informal recycling program in the lobby.  There’s a certain corner where you can leave behind slightly used goods for use by the next person, or find treasures of your own.

In a weird coincidence, the other day, as I leafed through a pile of books someone had left, I came across Christine Maggiore’s book, What if Everything You Thought About AIDS was Wrong? Maggiore was a prominent AIDS denialist who has been in the news lately, after her death in December from suspected AIDS related causes.

It seemed quite fitting in the face of the lively (and not very civil) online discussion that has surrounded her death.