The day Randy Shilts almost recognized HIV as a massive fraud.

"It is the strangest twist in terms of medical news in the epidemic in years," says Randy Shilts, author of "And the Band Played On." "It calls into question everything--the existing paradigm for the epidemic, the direction of research, treatment modalities and even the integrity of the blood supply."

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