The definition of AIDS is expanded yet again which causes cases of AIDS to dramatically increase overnight, in Los Angeles, for example, by a factor of 4. The new definition includes pulmonary tuberculosis, recurrent pneumonia, cervical cancer, and a CD4 count (t-cell), at any time, of 200 or less. This means that a person can have no clinical symptoms and be listed as having AIDS if the lab reports they had a < 200 CD4 cell count at some time.

AIDS cases peak in this year and then begin a decline which has continued ever since. Note that cases of AIDS began declining almost 4 years before the vast majority of U.S AIDS patients had access to the new "miracle drug treatments" called Protease Inhibitors.

A European drug trial known as Concorde finds that AZT is not a useful therapy for "HIV positive" people who have not yet developed any of the conditions called AIDS. It also finds that measuring t-cell counts (CD4 counts) is not useful for predicting progression to illness (Doctors continue to do this anyway, even today). It also finds that patients who begin AZT early die at a 25% higher rate than those who wait until they are seriously ill. (It is important to note that the Concorde trial was funded primarily by Glaxo-Wellcome, the maker of AZT. As the trial progressed and the results were becoming clear, Glaxo attempted to stop the trial and hide the results. Despite the pressure, however, the researchers involved completed the trial and published the results.)

Dr. Robert Root-Bernstein publishes the book Rethinking AIDS: the Tragic Cost of Premature Consensus. This 512 page book describes numerous "anomalies" in the HIV=AIDS hypothesis and presents evidence which supports the idea that many factors can cause AIDS. Dr. Root-Bernstein was the recipient of the prestigious and rare MacArthur Genius grant from 1981-1986.

Journalist John Lauritsen publishes the book The AIDS War: Propaganda, Profiteering, and Genocide from the Medical-Industrial Complex.

Dr. Papadopulos-Eleopulos, Dr. Valendar Turner, and Dr. John Papadimitriou publish the scientific article "Is a Positive Western Blot Proof of HIV Infection?" in the June issue of Bio/Technology. In this article, the authors conclude that HIV tests are not proven to actually test for a virus called (or antibodies to) HIV.

Dr. Duesberg publishes "The HIV Gap in National Statistics" in the journal Bio/Technology, in which he claims to document the existence of 4,621 HIV-free individuals who meet the definition of AIDS.