Aids: the First 10,000 American Cases (1981-1988)
The XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City from August 3 through 8 has, as its stated goal, to conduct a forum that ?promotes scientific excellence and inquiry, encourages individual and collective action and dialogues, and fosters accountability. ? The conference?s impressive agenda is testimony to how far we have come in dealing with the worldwide problem as well as how much has been forgotten regarding the early causes, and rapid spread, of the illness in America. Specifically, why were the rather obvious dual goals of prevention and education ignored for so long?By the summer of 1981, an unnamed phenomenon was being widely discussed in medical circles. Three here-to-fore rare illnesses: a pneumonia (Pneumocystis Carinii), a cancer (Kaposi?s Sarcoma) and a fungus (Candida) were atypically being observed in increasing numbers in large American metropolitan centers. A Center for Disease Control (CDC) task force created a new term grouping them as ?Opportunistic Infections? meaning conditions that would not normally appear in healthy individuals and which, therefore, needed some ?opportunity? to manifest themselves. Sadly, since the problem was so largely based in the homosexual community, it did not ignite concern in government or even among the general public. A conservative wave had come to power in Washington, DC, and it was clear that as long as ?normal Americans? were not at risk, there was no reason to prioritize research programs or even education.
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