It’s Okay to Not Know — It’s Not Okay to Ignore: Lessons From the AIDS Pandemic
In 1980, a man in San Francisco was showing signs of a weakened immune system, so he sought medical help. The diagnosis — Kaposi Sarcoma (a rare form of cancer). The following year, his diagnosis would be revised. Retroactively making his case, the first recorded of a new virus in the United States. By now it was 1981. […]