Charles Ortleb told me that Gallo’s study “struck me as being backwards. If Gallo’s new DNA virus explains the ‘total annihilation’ of T-4 cells, why would it need a cofactor? The ‘cofactor’ in this mystery would have to be HIV, not HHV-6.” Some scientists had similar reservations. HHV6 didn’t seem to need a retrovirus wingman.
