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re: Replace "atomic bomb" with COVID-19
Posted on 8/17/21 at 5:56 pm to TheFritz
Posted on 8/17/21 at 5:56 pm to TheFritz
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Replace Covid-19 with AIDS. Seems like there are some parallels with AIDs in the 80s and Covid now.
Right. Pick any generational human scourge. But I don't believe AIDs put the same fear in people as the atomic bomb or COVID because only a small percentage of people were scared of AIDs.
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 5:58 pm to GumboPot
I did read a story recently about how a Dentist with AIDS become so lax in his cleaning standards that he infected a 15 year old normal middle class girl with AIDs when it hit in the 80s. This was a true story and I believe people actually were terrified.
Posted on 8/17/21 at 6:10 pm to GumboPot
quote:I remember the fear while growing up in the 80’s. Everyone of us heard the lipstick story “welcome to the wonderful world of aids”. It eventually (during the mid 80- later 80’s) transitioned to acceptance of people with aids. There were after school specials and TV movies dedicated to to it.
But I don't believe AIDs put the same fear in people as the atomic bomb or COVID because only a small percentage of people were scared of AIDs.
Crack cocaine was the next big scare.
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