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The AIDS crisis taught us how communities survive epidemics, and those lessons still apply today.
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In this episode
- Why 1981 is a more useful lens than 1918 for understanding modern outbreaks
- How the AIDS crisis shaped the way marginalized communities respond to disease
- What past public health failures reveal about present-day decision making
- A historian's perspective on community resilience during times of crisis
About this episode
People have been quick to compare the coronavirus to the 1918 Spanish Flu, but for Laurie Marhoefer, she was focused on 1981 when the HIV-AIDS crisis began.Be sure to follow Laurie on Twitter and read her article here.
Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety.
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