Whenever the denialists’ slick documentary was added to a film festival’s program, we’d bombard the organizers with pro-science how-could-you’s. We had done a fairly good job in recent years of snuffing out the impact of AIDS denialism, especially after what happened in South Africa. The script was a horror show for AIDS activism. Oh, and after multiple studies, peptide T turned out to be a worthless drug that was never approved for anything. In the title card, he hasn’t died of AIDS instead, he has survived six years beyond a misleading diagnosis. Early in the script, Ron is told immediately after his diagnosis that he only has six months to live.
Ronald Woodroof died on September 12, 1992, six years after he was diagnosed with the HIV virus.įluconazole and Peptide T are now F.D.A. Rayon starts coughing into a handkerchief, pulls it away, it’s covered with BLOOD. Rayon, extremely sick, holds a bottle of POPPERS, watches Sunny dance around the room amongst the stacked moving boxes. DALLAS BUYERS CLUB APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT It even helps his ailing dad with his Alzheimer’s!Īnother Hollywood addition to Woodroof’s story brought more strange twists: Rayon, Ron’s fictional business partner who would end up being played by Jared Leto, is described in the original script as “a cross-dresser in his early 30s,” and serves as a constant challenge to Ron’s pervasive homophobia-a character trait that, by most accounts, the real Woodruff never displayed. Whatever is making Woodroof sick, an experimental drug called peptide T seems to help. Her patients start doing better after she rescues them from AZT. Eve immediately pulls all her patients at Dallas Memorial Hospital off AZT, because she becomes convinced the drug itself is killing her AIDS patients. Even worse, Woodroof becomes a denialist, then convinces his doctor to become one too. An estimated 340,000 lives were lost and 35,000 babies were infected because of Mbeki’s denialism.Īnd now here was a script in which Duesberg, the denialists’ founding nutjob, was an off-screen hero. And a nutty millionaire funded a slick documentary that claimed to expose the scientific fraud around the “harmless virus” HIV.īut most enraging of all, South Africa’s president Thabo Mbeki became a denialist and kept antivirals out of his country from 2000 to 2005, until finally its supreme court intervened. Wild Salsa is open Monday through Thursday from 11am to 10pm, and Friday through Saturday from 11am to 11pm.A couple of journalists tried to make their names promoting AIDS denialism. Or go for the Sonoran Chicken Enchiladas - chili-rubbed tortillas filled with chicken tinga, elote cream, cotija cheese, arugula salad, and agave vinaigrette.
Next, chow down on the Braised Lamb Shank Tacos with Modelo-braised, slow-roasted lamb, mint chimichurri, habanero yogurt, cilantro-radish salad, and cucumber pico de gallo. Start off with an order of the Wild Nachos topped with chicken tinga or beef barbacoa, queso, black beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, pickled jalapenos, and sour cream.
Fido is welcome to join you at one of the pet-friendly tables available on their outdoor patio. Choose from menu options including starters, soups, salads, tamales, enchiladas, quesadillas, tacos, tortas, steak, chicken, seafood, lamb, pork, fajitas, and more. Wild Salsa, located in Dallas, TX, is a casual eatery that serves up fresh, delicious Mexican cuisine.