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American Voices

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

AIDS Turns 25

HIV/AIDS was first described in the medical journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 25 years ago this month. What do you think?

Black Man

Charles Marr,
Janitor
"Now that we've put down the stereotype of the 'gay man's disease,' we can focus on making fun of diseases that are truly gay, like reflux."

Old Woman

Camille Guerrero,
Carpenter
"Happy birthday, AIDS! You¹ve grown so much in 25 years!"

Young Man

Eddie Stark,
Daycare Assistant
"In retrospect, we can see how optimistic those early reports were. I mean, who could have seen Rent coming?"

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