Christine Maggiore
Author
1956 – 2008
Who was Christine Maggiore?
Christine Joy Maggiore was an HIV-positive activist and promoter of AIDS denialism. She was the founder of Alive & Well AIDS Alternatives, an organization which disputes the link between HIV and AIDS and urges HIV-positive pregnant women to avoid anti-HIV medication. Maggiore authored and self-published the book What If Everything You Thought You Knew about AIDS Was Wrong?
Maggiore's promotion of AIDS denialism had long been controversial, particularly since her 3-year-old daughter, Eliza Jane Scovill, died of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, considered to be an AIDS-defining illness. Consistent with her belief that HIV was harmless, Maggiore had not taken medication to reduce the risk of transmission of HIV to her daughter during pregnancy, and she did not have Eliza Jane tested for HIV during her daughter's lifetime. Maggiore herself died on December 27, 2008 after suffering from AIDS-related conditions.
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- Born
- Jul 25, 1956
Chicago - Spouses
- Children
- Profession
- Education
- Reseda High School
- Lived in
- Southern California
- Florence
(1985 - 1987)
- Died
- Dec 27, 2008
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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