HIV/AIDS beliefs have subjected innumerable people to highly toxic medication. AZT alone killed about 150,000 (“HAART saves lives — but doesn’t prolong them!?”). The pharmaceutical industry shares at least some of the blame.
A recent book charges Big Pharma with actually criminal behavior. It is by a Danish doctor and researcher who had been a drug salesman in his younger days. For a summary of Big Pharma’s misdeeds, have a look at “Crimes of the Drug Industry” on my other blog.