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Ep 12 HIV/AIDS: Apathy Will Kill You

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Aids

The day after the creation of the GMHC, AIDS gets its first mention in the Wall Street Journal. 1982 saw no slowing of AIDS diagnoses; doctors were using the word exponential to describe its growth. By the end of 1982, the disease's name had been officially changed from grid to AIDS. The estimated number of people with AIDS in the US was around 900 at the time.

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