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The Fight Against AIDS

  • Episode aired Jun 9, 2016
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The Fight Against AIDS (2016)
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The rise of a mysterious and deadly illness develops into a pandemic, affecting primarily the gay community and killing millions of people to date called acquired immune deficiency syndrome ... Read allThe rise of a mysterious and deadly illness develops into a pandemic, affecting primarily the gay community and killing millions of people to date called acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).The rise of a mysterious and deadly illness develops into a pandemic, affecting primarily the gay community and killing millions of people to date called acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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    • Virginia Apuzzo
    • Robert Bazell
    • Paul Boneberg
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      • Robert Bazell
      • Paul Boneberg
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    Virginia Apuzzo
    Virginia Apuzzo
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Robert Bazell
    • Self - NBC News
    • (archive footage)
    Paul Boneberg
    • Self - Mobilization Against AIDS Coord
    • (archive footage)
    Tom Brokaw
    Tom Brokaw
    • Self - NBC News
    • (archive footage)
    David Burrington
    • Self - NBC News
    • (archive footage)
    Connie Chung
    Connie Chung
    • Self - NBC News
    • (archive footage)
    Yanou Collart
    • Self - Publicist for Rock Hudson
    • (archive footage)
    George Crile
    • Self - CBS News
    • (archive footage)
    Jim Cummins
    • Self - NBC News
    • (archive footage)
    James Curran
    • Self - Centers for Disease Control (as Dr. James Curran)
    Phil Donahue
    Phil Donahue
    • Self - The Phil Donahue Show
    Hugh Downs
    Hugh Downs
    • Self - ABC News
    • (archive footage)
    Laurel Erickson
    Laurel Erickson
    • Self - NBC News
    • (archive footage)
    Jerry Falwell
    Jerry Falwell
    • Self - Co-founder, The Moral Majority
    • (archive footage)
    Anthony Fauci
    Anthony Fauci
    • Self
    Dianne Feinstein
    Dianne Feinstein
    • Self - Mayor of San Francisco
    • (archive footage)
    David France
    David France
    • Self - Director, How to Survive a Plague
    Donald Francis
    • Self - Centers for Disease Control
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    The Eighties takes a dark, yet riveting turn

    I'm kinda surprised that 'The Fight Against AIDS' comes so soon after the series' Reagan high. Between the man's lack of response to the epidemic and his administration's undermining of the Surgeon-General, this is no Reagan puff piece. But it does clarify the fear felt by, well pretty much everyone leading up to the discovery of the disease. I'm sure any millennial watching this would be taken aback by the fervent moralizing and homophobia back then. It's peculiar that it took a dying Rock Hudson to finally raise awareness, but utterly heartbreaking that a child had to become a symbol for determination to beat the infection. It nothing else, he proved it wasn't the gay disease.

    Ryan White was (is) a hero.

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