This is so ironic given PCR tests are critical for managing HIV disease and optimizing treatment to…

… Nobel laureate, a maverick. But those descriptions belie some of Mullis’ more problematic aspects: He used his platform as Nobel laureate to flout that HIV causes AIDS and that climate change was real. He had a proclivity for pursuing women in his earlier days and sexually harassed a female journalis…
The Nobel Prize-Winning, LSD Dropping, Yet Problematic Scientist Who Invented PCR
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Dec 9, 2020
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This is so ironic given PCR tests are critical for managing HIV disease and optimizing treatment to prevent transmission.
I guess it just goes to show that genius or accomplishment in a specific area doesn’t generalize.
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James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.
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