Irational refutations from vodoo science yes. No rational refutation of duesburgs main points have ever been made but of course since modern fay science is a religion whatever the science Popes say is taken is fact.
he was before PCR
Duesburg is still alive today. Your statement is not terribly rational. You most likely have not read the refutations about the PCR argument.
Like this refutation from Gallo´s mistress? INteresting that someone who holds patents on the HIV test could be allowed on this review panel. "Science" as usual.
It didn't take long before he was excommunicated: He was no longer invited to speak at scientific conferences, or if he was, he was asked to promise not to bring up HIV. For the first time in his 25-odd years of practising science, he could not get papers published. Then came the death blow: In October 1990, Duesberg was informed that his $350,000-a-year research grant would be terminated when it ran out in 1992, Duesberg, a native German, had been funded by the U.S. government for over 20 years , but with this, he would be effectively silenced. He appealed the decision, pleading conflict of interest: The review committee that made the decision to discontinue his funding included Dr. Flossie Wong Staal, Gallo's long-time mistress and the mother of one of his children, and Dr. Dani Bolognesi, who holds a long-term patent on HIV antibody tests. The appeal was rejected, although a few government officials have rallied to Duesberg's defence, among them congressmen Ron Dellums and William Dannemeyer.