Matthias Rath - steal this chapter

Summary

April 9, 2009: This article details the activities of Matthias Rath, a proponent and rich salesman of vitamin treatments for cancer and AIDS. He allegedly is very influential with the South African government - which has proven to be very resistant to normal AIDS treatments, despite a very high HIV infection rate - and his organization also is going after volunteer NGOs dedicated to giving poor people these treatments.

Source

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1. Original article

Game and Story Use

• This article provides an excellent template for a Snake Oil Salesman villain who made it big - he is extremely rich, and has the support of an entire government. Defeating him can support an entire campaign arc, since he not only has to be stopped, but his ideas discredited.