Could Lessons From The Early Fight Against AIDS Inform The Coronavirus Response?

A march in the Castro area of San Francisco in 1983 was one example of activism that emerged at that time to push for a more coordinated federal response, more funding and better medicine in light of the AIDS epidemic.

Doctors and activists who worked through the early years of AIDS say there are similarities between those days and the current pandemic — and insights that could help shape strategy.

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Scott Shafer