Dr. Robert Gallo : All right, explain one thing to me. Ten times ten times ten, my name is in every book ever written on the human retrovirus. Why would you get in bed with the French instead of me? Dr. Don Francis : Is it you against the French? I thought we were all against the virus. If you go to court now, everybody loses. You, the people who die while you quibble... Dr. Robert Gallo : [Interrupting] What do you want? Dr. Don Francis : I want to stop you from turning a holocaust into an international pissing contest!

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