... Band Played On" was an HBO movie that illustrated the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and early 1990s. The movie touched on subjects concerning the reaction of the gay community, the heterosexual community, and the medical community. It showed not only the research in AIDS, but also the way that the US government dealt with it. ... The movie expressed the consequences the gay community suffered, the plight of the medical community in researching the disease, and the issue of government response to it. As a result of the discovery of AIDS, ... were closed down, because it was believed that the...

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... spread and there was no way of stopping it was shocking. Contracting something that doesn't have a cure, is probably the worst thing that could happen to me. The gay community, I feel, started this whole thing. A good example, Gaetan Dugas, patient zero they call him, this man brought AIDS to the United States. Although he didn ... 't know he had it, he did know about condoms. This man on average had about 250 gay partners a year. In just two months the cases of AIDS went from 80 to 160. That is only with 15 of the 50 states reporting. If the ... 't until a very wealthy woman from San Fr...

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The first recognized case of AIDS in the United States was in the year 1980s. A high percentage of gay men in New York City and California were starting to develop a certain rare opportunistic infection and a cancer. Treatment for the disease was futile. Around that time aids didn't have its ... with blood that is infected sperm or vaginal fluids. The origin of it has had scientist puzzled since it first came to light. The subjects were injection drug users and gay males they all showed symptoms of PCP which is a rare opportunistic infection occur in people who have a much compromised immune...

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... having these women have sex some used condoms and some did not. They found that those who didn't use condoms scored high on the mood test, and those who used condoms scored low on the mood test. The results, published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior in March, suggest that the fluid containing sperm may actually enhance mood when it is absorbed ... the experiment. I think that everyone should continue to live a happy life, and have a very oriented sexual experience any way that they choose, or what ever best fits them. If this test comes out 10 years form now proving that all this inf...

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... they could not figure out what they had one their hands. The movie was a real-life drama about the tragic, time-consuming battles among government agencies, gay groups and scientists that slowed down the discovery of, and research on, the AIDS virus. In the movie, Bill Kraus, a leader for the ... gay population is dying. Not one doctor can pinpoint what is killing him. All anyone knows is that some epidemic is attacking homosexual men. But rather ... transmitted through the blood. To make things worse French and American scientists argue about who should get credit for discovering the ...

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... years, it was first brought to the public's eye in the 80's by America. In America, HIV/AIDS was mostly spread through gay men, blood transfusions and drug usage. Although it was said to be spread through the gay community, it can effect anyone regardless of sexual orientation, gender, and race. HIV can also be easily spread from bodily fluids such as ... transmit HIV/AIDS to others. The only true way to know if you have been infected is to get tested, you can get tested with your doctor or even buy a test at a drug store. You should get tested after having any type of unprotected sex o...

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... of HIV and AIDS; social barriers and scientific barriers. On the social side of the issue the disease was initially identified as a disease of homosexuals and labeled as the "gay pneumonia" or "gay cancer". Politically, there were barriers posed by a new Republican government that reduced funds for healthcare. As a result there were no funds for research and the general news press refused ... data quickly enough. Epidemiologists struggled to isolate the virus because it exhibited a rapid cell death in the laboratory. Until the disease could be identified as either viral or bacterial, a ...

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