A majority of surveyed African Americans believed the government withheld an AIDS cure.

Evidence

In 2005, a study published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes found that 53 percent of African Americans surveyed said they believed the government was withholding a cure for AIDS from poor people; 27 percent thought AIDS was produced in a government lab; 48 percent called HIV a “man-made virus.” However, more intentional conspiracy theories were less common: just 15 percent called AIDS a form of genocide against black people, and only 16 percent said the government created AIDS to control the black population. — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 180

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Soviet KGB seeded the CIA-created-AIDS conspiracy that still shapes black American distrust — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 177; Even elite African leaders and Nobel laureates embraced the AIDS-as-weapon conspiracy theory — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 178; Official Chinese discourse framed AIDS as retribution afflicting racial others

Broader Connections

• Official Chinese discourse framed AIDS as retribution afflicting racial others #complicates (0.75)