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graphite · 61-69, M
There was a lot of fear that AIDS was as easy to contract as Corona is. But it was not that easy to get. AIDS was also fatal while Corona doesn't kill everyone who gets it.
MarkPaul · 26-30, M
I may be wrong, but from what I have read, people were actually afraid of AIDS. Part of the worldwide problem now is most people think they are either magically exempt from coronavirus or that this is just something cooked up by the media or the illuminati and aim to show they won't be pushed around.
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daisymay · 51-55, T
@fairefoutre Not sure if serious...
Wraithorn · 51-55, M
Yes. It first came to my attention when the actor Rock Hudson died from AIDS.
From a local point of view when HIV/AIDS was first heard about in the news many Black people in my country thought it was a White person's disease and they didn't need to worry about it. That soon changed. It's weird the things us Humans sometimes bluff ourselves about.
From a local point of view when HIV/AIDS was first heard about in the news many Black people in my country thought it was a White person's disease and they didn't need to worry about it. That soon changed. It's weird the things us Humans sometimes bluff ourselves about.
curiosi · 61-69, F
They had no idea what was going on, how it was transmitted etc. Scary times.
Lee124 · F
Yes, I remember it well. Also, in the 80's the misconception was that it was a gay disease and could only be sexually transmitted and since I was neither.🤷🏻♀️
Lee124 · F
@Zonuss I get that. It's not so much the government and authorities I'm referring to, though they are accountable to a degree, but the mindsets of some people. The ignorance and sheer lack of common sense is mind boggling. They only start paying attention when they or someone close to them are infected and or dies.
Pretzel · 61-69, M
I don't remember it shutting down an economy
but yeah, I remember the panic
but yeah, I remember the panic
monkeysdevil007 · 46-50, M
Was that when they banned homosexuals from doing the jiggy jig with bats ?
Zonuss · 41-45, M
calicuz · 51-55, M
Yes, I remember. For a time, people were worried they could get AIDS from a toilet seat...lol...
Budwick · 70-79, M
Yeah, but I was never gay, so I wasn't worried about getting it.