Robert Root-Bernstein's article (The Scientist, April 4, 1994, page 1) is part of an effort to undermine what is known about HIV. Many of the questions raised are valid, most have been asked before, and many are currently under investigation. A great deal of the information he presents as fact is distorted or untrue. For example, Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institutes of Health's Office of AIDS Research, has not

Robert Root-Bernstein's article (The Scientist, April 4, 1994, page 1) is part of an effort to undermine what is known about HIV. Many of the questions raised are valid, most have been asked before, and many are currently under investigation. A great deal of the information he presents as fact is distorted or untrue. For example, Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institutes of Health's Office of AIDS Research, has not