A must see documentary about AIDS: How To Survive A Plague [View all]
This documentary chronicles ACT UP and other activists during the 80's and 90's turn AIDS from a death sentence to a manageable condition.
It brings back my memories of working in a hospital while I was in the Army. Everyone was frightened as hell. We had hospital staff refusing to treat patients who were suspected of having the disease. I was ordered to wipe down everything a patient may have touched...which included a seat that his mother had sat in, but he did not.
When the AIDS test first came out and suggesting it to anyone was an insult. I remember that it seemed like the stigma would never go away.
More than once, I was the only one (aside from the doctor) who would treat the patient. I was always astounded by this because I felt we had a moral obligation to help anyone who asked for it. Period.
I'm also remembering the friends I lost to this horrible disease.
Watch this documentary. It's currently on Netflix. It has also been nominated for an Oscar.
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