Incidentally, there is a great video from 1994 on Youtube in which Dr. Robert Willner explains the HIV hoax to the press corps and then sticks his own finger with a needle that is potentially HIV infected. He put his money where his mouth is to help average people to see the truth. He very conveniently died a few months later.
https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Deception-Proof-Absolutely-Cause/dp/0964231611