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The Ashes on the Lawn

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The Fouch Is in This Story

Dr. Anthony Fauci was the head of AIDS research for the U.S. government in the 80s. He turned his career to focus almost completely on AIDS research. His mentors at the time were like, what are you doing? Why do you want to work with AIDS patients? But he had a great deal of empathy for these gay young men. Under his guidance, the NIH started to make huge leaps and bounds in AIDS research.

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