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07-SEPTEMBER-2008 03:17:44 - advocacy April 2008 This article has no lead section. To comply with 's lead section guidelines, one should be written. Please discuss this issue on the talk page and read the lead section guide to make sure the introduction summarizes the article. Contents 1 Patient Zero theory 2 Inoculation theory 3 Views of Randy Shilts 4 Americans vs. French 5 Campaigns against gay disease label Patient Zero theory Some advocates hold that HIV was introduced to North America by a flight attendant named Gaëtan Dugas, referred to as Patient Zero. Other advocates argue that there were cases of AIDS much earlier than initially known. The current consensus is that Patient Zero did not introduce HIV to North America. See HIV and AIDS misconceptions. Inoculation theory It has also been theorized that a series of inoculations against hepatitis that were performed in the gay community of San Francisco were tainted with HIV. Although there was a high correlation between recipients of that vaccination and initial cases of AIDS, this theory has never been proven. Views of Randy Shilts One of the best-known works on the history of HIV is And the Band Played On, by Randy Shilts. Shilts contends that Ronald Reagan's administration dragged its feet in dealing with the crisis due to homophobia, thus allowing the disease to spread and hundreds of thousands of people to needlessly die. This resulted in the formation of ACT-UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power by Larry Kramer. This view is opposed by Reagan supporters who note 1 that Reagan poured millions of dollars into HIV research and 2 that Reagan's expressed views on homosexuality were benign or neutral; in a reminiscence by one of his daughters, he matter-of-factly described Rock Hudson as, I think he'd rather be kissing a man. Shilts also details the fact that the Red Cross refused to ban bisexual and gay men from donating blood at the request of the Centers for Disease Control early in the discovery of the epidemic to keep the blood bank industry from suffering shortages. Thus, tens of thousands of hemophiliacs and transfusion recipients were infected and died. Some people think it's rather unlikely that the CDC would avoid screening out likely HIV carriers merely to prevent shortages. The risk of killing people by giving them a fatal disease would seem to outweigh the risk of reducing the blood supply slightly. Americans vs. French Luc Montagnier, 1995 Luc Montagnier, 1995 Robert C. Gallo, 1995 Robert C. Gallo, 1995 Activists and critics of current AIDS policies allege that another preventable impediment to the attack on the disease was the academic elitism of celebrity scientists. Robert Gallo, an American scientist who was one of many to try to attempt to figure out if there was some kind of new virus in the people who were affected with the disease, became embroiled in a legal battle with French scientist Luc Montagnier trying to do the same thing. Gallo, too, appeared hung up on the possible connection between the virus causing AIDS and HTLV, a retrovirus that he had worked with previously. Critics claim that because some scientists and biological research companies wanted glory and fame, this held up progress on research and more people needlessly died. Eventually, after meeting, the French scientists and Gallo agreed to share the discovery of HIV. Campaigns against gay disease label Publicity campaigns were started in attempts to counter the often vitriolic and homophobic perception of AIDS as a gay plague and replace it with actual knowledge that would save lives. In particular this included the Ryan White case, the red ribbon campaigns, the celebrity dinners, the film of And the Band Played On, the musical of RENT, sex education programs in schools, television advertisements, etc. Announcements by various celebrities that they had contracted HIV including basketball star Magic Johnson and tennis player Arthur Ashe were significant in making the general public aware of the dangers of the disease to everyone, as no disease is confined to one sexual orientation. v d e HIV/AIDS topics HIV HIV · AIDS · HIV structure and genome · HIV test · CDC Classification System for HIV Infection · HIV disease progression rates · HIV vaccine · WHO Disease Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease · AIDS dementia complex · Antiretroviral drug · Tuberculosis coinfection History AIDS origin · AIDS pandemic · AIDS Museum · AIDS timeline Culture International AIDS Conference · International AIDS Society · World AIDS Day · Treatment Action Campaign · Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS UNAIDS · President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PEPFAR · NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt · HIV and AIDS misconceptions · List of HIV-positive people · People With AIDS Self-Empowerment Movement · HIV-positive fictional characters · AIDS advocacy Denialism Duesberg hypothesis · Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV-AIDS Hypothesis AIDS pandemic by region / country Africa South Africa · Uganda North America United States Asia China PRC · India · Japan · Myanmar Burma · Pakistan · Taiwan ROC Caribbean Eastern Europe Central Asia Russia Western Europe Latin America Brazil List of countries by HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/AIDS_advocacy Categories: AIDS activism | HIV/AIDSHidden categories: Articles lacking sources from April 2008 | All articles lacking sources | Cleanup from April 2008 | All pages needing cleanup Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page This page was last modified on 15 August 2008, at 10:43
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