What AIDS Should Have Taught Us About How to Deal With Diseases Like Ebola
by Julia Belluz - Vox
Health • November 2014 • Views: 1,378
When long-time HIV researcher Rick Elion looks at America’s hysterical reaction to Ebola, he says it almost gives him post-traumatic stress disorder. Just after HIV/AIDS was discovered, in 1983, schools closed down, patients were treated like untouchables, and fear-based policies were enacted to isolate those suspected of carrying the virus.
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