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So I decided that this article needed writing... it's my first major addition of content to Wikipedia, and there is a LOT of information to put in. There are a whole bunch of theories about how Dr. Acer's patients got HIV when a bunch of other HIV+ doctors' patients didn't, like that he murdered them to bring mainstream attention to AIDS. These should probably all be written up (lots on PubMed, yay) but I'm not sure if they should be written up HERE or if a separate article should be created for the incident/controversy. It's not like Dr. Acer is known for anything else. Elfbabe 21:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Another of the infected patients was reported by the Chicago Tribune as Barbara Webb, a 66-year old grandmother (at the time) and an English teacher. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-06-11/news/9202220020_1_dr-david-acer-kimberly-bergalis-aids-virus
Two others were identified as Richard Driskill, a citrus plant foreman, age 33 at death in 1993, and Sherry Johnson, age 18 at the time she was identified by the CDC as infected as the "sixth victim" in 1993. http://articles.latimes.com/1993-06-27/news/mn-7702_1_aids-virus Starhistory22 ( talk) 07:32, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
This case is currently receiving renewed public attention due to a new book, and it seems like a good time for a better-sourced, fact-based revision, which I'm beginning to work on. The Palm Beach Post article that was previously the article's sole source is a tabloid-style article that focuses extensively on Acer's personal life in lieu of the known scientific facts or political impacts of the case.
Identifying and adding new sources may mean ultimately revising the article content pretty substantially, as the current article's focus and structure relies heavily on the narrative of the Palm Beach Post article. -- Certainstars ( talk) 21:42, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
Anyone interested in this case should read Fatal Extraction: The Story Behind the Florida Dentist Accused of Infecting His Patients with HIV and Poisoning Public Health (Jossey Bass Publishers, 1997). The author, Mark Rom, Ph.D., was the principal investigator of the GAO technical team whose subsequent report fully supported the CDC's conclusions. A congressman skeptical of the CDC's conclusion that Acer somehow gave HIV to Bergalis had ordered the GAO investigation, but that investigation only further confirmed what CDC had found. Neither CDC nor GAO could solve the mystery of just how Acer transmitted HIV to his patients, but both reports come to the definite conclusion that that is what happened. Ajrocke ( talk) 12:49, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
I added some more citations and cleaned up the language in the sections on his early life and career. The section on his AIDS diagnosis still needs improvement. Does anyone have any better sources? Kazrene ( talk) 17:53, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
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So I decided that this article needed writing... it's my first major addition of content to Wikipedia, and there is a LOT of information to put in. There are a whole bunch of theories about how Dr. Acer's patients got HIV when a bunch of other HIV+ doctors' patients didn't, like that he murdered them to bring mainstream attention to AIDS. These should probably all be written up (lots on PubMed, yay) but I'm not sure if they should be written up HERE or if a separate article should be created for the incident/controversy. It's not like Dr. Acer is known for anything else. Elfbabe 21:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Another of the infected patients was reported by the Chicago Tribune as Barbara Webb, a 66-year old grandmother (at the time) and an English teacher. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-06-11/news/9202220020_1_dr-david-acer-kimberly-bergalis-aids-virus
Two others were identified as Richard Driskill, a citrus plant foreman, age 33 at death in 1993, and Sherry Johnson, age 18 at the time she was identified by the CDC as infected as the "sixth victim" in 1993. http://articles.latimes.com/1993-06-27/news/mn-7702_1_aids-virus Starhistory22 ( talk) 07:32, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
This case is currently receiving renewed public attention due to a new book, and it seems like a good time for a better-sourced, fact-based revision, which I'm beginning to work on. The Palm Beach Post article that was previously the article's sole source is a tabloid-style article that focuses extensively on Acer's personal life in lieu of the known scientific facts or political impacts of the case.
Identifying and adding new sources may mean ultimately revising the article content pretty substantially, as the current article's focus and structure relies heavily on the narrative of the Palm Beach Post article. -- Certainstars ( talk) 21:42, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
Anyone interested in this case should read Fatal Extraction: The Story Behind the Florida Dentist Accused of Infecting His Patients with HIV and Poisoning Public Health (Jossey Bass Publishers, 1997). The author, Mark Rom, Ph.D., was the principal investigator of the GAO technical team whose subsequent report fully supported the CDC's conclusions. A congressman skeptical of the CDC's conclusion that Acer somehow gave HIV to Bergalis had ordered the GAO investigation, but that investigation only further confirmed what CDC had found. Neither CDC nor GAO could solve the mystery of just how Acer transmitted HIV to his patients, but both reports come to the definite conclusion that that is what happened. Ajrocke ( talk) 12:49, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
I added some more citations and cleaned up the language in the sections on his early life and career. The section on his AIDS diagnosis still needs improvement. Does anyone have any better sources? Kazrene ( talk) 17:53, 28 June 2024 (UTC)