Notorious AIDS-denial quack has died... [View all]
Paul Fleiss, M.D., dead at 80. Professor William M. London has posted a lengthy report on the activities of Paul M. Fleiss, M.D., who was on the wrong side of many quackery-related issues. [London WM. Medical Renegade Paul M. Fleiss, M.D. Dead at 80. Skeptic Ink Blog, Aug 12, 2014] The report notes:
In 1995 he pleaded guilty to conspiracy and making false statements to a federally insured bank related to a mortgage application for a home that his daughter (Heidi Fleiss, the Hollywood Madam) was using for purposes of prostitution.
In 2007, the California Medical Board disciplined him for failing to properly care for two children who were HIV-positive. One was a 4-year old boy whom Fleiss failed to adequately diagnose or treat. The other was a 3-year-old girl who was HIV-positive and subsequently died of AIDS-related pneumonia. The girl was the daughter of Christine Maggiore, who had become an outspoken denier of HIV as the causal agent of AIDS after she tested positive for HIV.
He was a prominent advocate of raw (unpasteurized) milk.
He supported a delayed vaccination schedule rather than the standard schedule recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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