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by opprobium 724 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Duesberg#Consequences_of...

He was investigated but it was dropped as being protected by his academic freedom: https://www.science.org/content/article/berkeley-drops-probe...

He also, that I know of, still supports this position. To this day, you will find people getting into this particular conspiracy and rejecting treatment. It doesn't go well for them.

I do think that freedom of speech is important, and that many attempts to squash "misinformation" are misguided, but some speech has consequences. Personally I find Duesberg utterly reprehensible and morally culpable.