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Madam, – In John Gibbons’s column (Opinion, July 23rd), arguing the case for real science as the weapon to purge our “cognitive delusions” he cites as an example my statement in the Optimum Nutrition Biblethat says that AZT, is “potentially harmful and proving less effective than vitamin C”. He then goes on to say: “That’s one serious claim. Supporting evidence? Nil.”