The Petr Beckmann Award for courage and achievement in defense of scientific truth and freedom ' is awarded at the annual meeting of the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness . The award is named for Petr Beckmann , an electrical engineer and libertarian who challenged Albert Einstein 's theory of relativity . The '' Guardian '' described the Beckmann Award as " handed out by obscure rightwing lobbyists " . The following people have received this award : Morano 's selection was criticized in '' The Guardian '' , as Morano had previously republished the email address of a climate scientist who had received death threats . Morano wrote of climate scientists : " I seriously believe we should kick them while they 're down . They deserve to be publicly flogged . " In August 2015 the group held its 33rd annual meeting . While attacks on mainstream climate science are " a staple " , the meeting provides a forum to a " broad " range of material . Presentations at the 2015 meeting included a theory about links between John F. Kennedy ’s assassination and the deaths of his brother and son ; a prediction that the aim of Obamacare was to cause the collapse the U.S. health-care system and a recommendation " that the audience start stockpiling medications and finding doctors who would work for cash " ; a sympathetic discussion of the theory that low doses of radiation are " beneficial to human health " ; and an argument that the HIV virus does not cause AIDS , but instead was invented by government scientists who wanted to cover up other health risks of “ the lifestyle of homosexual men . ” The meeting was covered by conservative website Breitbart , attended by George Gilder , and the conservative Heartland Institute sent its science director to present his plan to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency
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