THE AIDS CRISIS %
CAN
TEACH US ABOUT %
THE CORONAVIRUS. %
>> Reporter:
MYSTERIOUS, %
NEWLY DISCOVERED %
DISEASE,
WHICH AFFECTS
MOSTLY %
HOMOSEXUAL MEN. %
>> A NEW MYSTERY
VIRUS FROM
CHINA. %
>> ONE STUDY HOW %
MANY LIVES CAN
BE LOST, THE HIV
CRISIS. %
IS IT A FAIR %
COMPARISON TO
THE CORONAVIRUS? %
COVID-19 AND HIV
AIDS PRESENTED %
SIMILARLY IN THE %
BEGINNING. %
ASYMPTOMATIC
SPREAD MOVING %
SILENTLY THROUGH %
THE
CITIES, LEAVING %
A TRAIL OF %
PATIENTS. %
THE FIRST %
GOVERNMENT
REPORT SHOWING %
EVIDENCE OF HIV %
OUTBREAK ON JUNE
5th, 1981. %
A FULL YEAR %
LATER, NBC THE
"NBC NIGHTLY %
NEWS" %
REPORTED ON THE %
ILLNESS. %
>> THE CENTERS %
FOR THE NATIONAL
DISEASE CONTROL,
THEY RELEASED
THE RESULTS OF A %
STUDY THAT SHOWS
THE %
LIFESTYLE OF
SOME MALE
HOMOSEXUALS HAS %
TRIGGERED AN %
EPIDEMIC OF A
RARE FORM OF %
CANCER. %
>> Reporter: THE %
DISEASE SPREAD %
RAPIDLY TO SAN
FRANCISCO’S GAY %
COMMUNITY. %
PEOPLE WHO WERE %
AFRAID TO TOUCH %
SICK PATIENTS OR %
EVEN THOSE THEY %
THOUGHT COULD %
POTENTIALLY BE
SICK,
WONDERING IF %
THIS DISEASE
PEOPLE CALLED, %
QUOTE, "THE %
GAY PLAGUE %
SPREAD LIKE THE
FLU." %
ON OCTOBER 15th, %
1982, MORE THAN
A YEAR AFTER THE %
FIRST HIV
PATIENTS WAS
DIAGNOSED, %
NEARLY 600 CASES %
CONFIRMED. %
FOR THE FIRST %
TIME, THE WHITE
HOUSE ADDRESSED %
AIDS, %
ANSWERING A
QUESTION ABOUT %
THE EPIDEMIC AT % A PRESS %
A PRESS %
BRIEFING.
. A YEAR AND A
HALF LATER, THE %
U.S. GOVERNMENT %
MAKING
AND %
ANNOUNCEMENT. %
A PROBABLE CAUSE %
OF AIDS HAS BEEN %
FOUND. %
>> IT WILL BE %
READY IN SIX
MONTHS. %
PATIENTS OFTEN
DIED ALONE
WITHOUT THEIR %
FAMILIES, %
BUT THEY ALSO %
FACED A STIGMA
AGAINST THE %
DISEASE %
ALONGSIDE THE %
FEAR OF THE
SPREAD, %
SOMETHING
DR. FAUCCI %
POINTED OUT %
EARLY IN THE %
CRISIS. %
>> THE FEAR OF %
INDIVIDUALS WHO %
HAVE AIDS OR AT
RISK
GROUP FOR AIDS
TRANSMITTING %
AIDS IS AN
UNDERSTANDABLE %
FEAR, BUT REALLY
MIGHT TRANSLATE
INTO
UNCALLED-FOR %
DISCRIMINATION, %
WHICH %
UNFORTUNATELY %
HAS
BEEN THE CASE. %
>> Reporter: HE
BECAME THE
DIRECTOR OF
INFECTIOUS
DISEASE UNIT. %
A VACCINE NEVER
CAME, SO THE %
U.S. MOVED TO
MITIGATION %
TACTICS. %
TODAY THE TRUMP %
ADMINISTRATION, %
WHICH HAS BEEN %
ACCUSED OF
ACTING SLOWLY, %
WAIVERS ON
TAKING MEASURES %
TO COMBAT THE %
SPREAD OF THE %
VIRUS, LIKE
WEARING
MASKS. %
THE CDC ADVISES %
PEOPLE TO WEAR
FACE COVERINGS. %
PRESIDENT TRUMP %
HASN’T WORN A
MASK EXCEPT ON %
ONE %
OCCASION WHILE %
AT A FORD PLANT, %
ALTHOUGH HE %
REFUSED %
TO WAR IT ON THE %
PUBLIC PART OF
HIS TOUR. %
PRESIDENT RONALD
REAGAN MENTIONED %
HIV AIDS THE %
FIRST
TIME IN 1985,
AND DELIVERED
HIS FIRST MAJOR %
POLICY %
SPEECH ON THE
CRISIS IN 1987. %
>> THE BATTLE %
AGAINST AIDS HAS %
BEEN LIKE AN %
EMERGENCY ROOM %
OPERATION. %
WE’VE THROWN %
EVERYTHING WE %
HAVE INTO IT. %
>> Reporter: HE %
SUGGESTED %
ABSTINENCE TO %
SLOW THE
SPREAD, BUT NOT %
ANOTHER
IMPORTANT %
BARRIER, CONDOM %
USE. %
WHILE PEOPLE %
KNEW HIV WAS
SEXUALLY %
TRANSMITTED, IT %
SPREAD IN A
SINISTER AND
COVERT FASHION, %
IN BLOOD
TRANSFUSION IN %
1991, SUNS THE %
FIRST WHISPERS %
OF A %
COMING HEALTH %
DISASTER,
HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS HAVE
DIED. %
THE NEWS BURIED
ON PAGE 18 OF %
"THE NEW YORK
TIMES." %
LGBTQ CITIZENS
RALLIED, BEGGING
AND DEMANDING
THE
COUNTRY’S LEADER
TO TEST AND %
RESEARCH %
VACCINES AND A %
CURE. %
LED BY LARRY %
KRAMER, CREDIT
WITH PUSHING THE %
AIDS %
PANDEMIC TO THE
NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT. %
ANTHONY FA,CCI, %
YOU ARE A %
MURDERER, "HE %
WROTE. %
HE GREW TO %
ADMIRE LARRY
KRAMER. %
>> HE WAS A MOST %
UNUSUAL FIGURE %
IN THE POSITIVE %
SENSE. %
HE WAS A
FIREBRAND. %
HE HAD %
EXTRAORDINARY %
COVERAGE TO %
SPEAK OUT AND %
CHALLENGE THE %
SYSTEM THAT WAS %
IN PLACE AT THE
TIME
OF THE EARLY
YEARS OF HIV
AIDS. %
>> TODAY AFTER %
120,000 DEATHS %
IN THE UNITED %
STATES
AND CORONAVIRUS, %
PROTESTS WERE %
LESS ABOUT %
FIGHTING %
THE DISEASE AND %
MORE ABOUT %
REOPENING.
. HIV DEATHS IN
THE U.S. HAVE %
HURT 15,000 %
PEOPLE A %
YEAR. %
AND THE JOINT %
UNITED NATIONS
PROGRAM ON HIV
AIDS %
SETS UP THAT
770,000 DIED OF