Robert Willner

Robert Willner (died 15 April 1995) was a medical doctor from Florida who became famous for his role in AIDS denialism - the group of people who believe that AIDS is not caused by the HIV virus.

Dr. Willner authored a book presenting his point of view on the relation between HIV and AIDS, titled "Deadly Deception: the Proof That Sex And HIV Absolutely Do Not Cause AIDS".cite book
last =Willner
first =Robert
authorlink =
coauthors =
title =Deadly Deception: the Proof That Sex And HIV Absolutely Do Not Cause AIDS
publisher = Peltec Publishing Company Inc
date = September 1994
location =
pages =
url =http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Deception-Proof-Absolutely-Cause/dp/0964231611
doi =
id = 978-0964231610 ] The book was published shortly after Willner's medical license was revoked for, among other things, treating an AIDS patient with ozone therapy. cite journal
author=Cohen, J.
title=The Duesberg phenomenon
journal=Science | year=1994 | pages=1642–1644 | volume=266 | issue=5191
pmid=7992043
format= PDF
url=http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/cohen/266-5191-1642a.pdf
doi=10.1126/science.7992043]

The following month, on October 28 1994, in a press conference at a North Carolina hotel, Willner jabbed his finger with blood he said was from an HIV-infected patient. Willner died six months later, on April 15, 1995, of a heart attack.cite web
last =Bugl
first =Paul
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title =The Rise of HIV/AIDS
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publisher = Department of Mathematics, University of Hartford
date =
url =http://uhavax.hartford.edu/bugl/rise.htm
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accessdate =2007-01-22]

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