“The tragic irony here is that the Kampala Nevirapine research was performed to a level of standards that would be insufficient for supporting the drug’s approval for use in the United States, but Fauci fervently defended the study as adequate to justify giving nevirapine to Black Africans. Frankly, it strikes me as racist.” Reverend Jesse Jackson echoed Fishbein’s sentiment: “This was not a thoughtful and reasonable decision, but a crime against humanity. Research standards and drug quality that are unacceptable in the US and other Western countries must never be pushed onto Africa.”36
