AEGiS-APPJ: AIDS, Public Opinion, and Health Policy

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AIDS, Public Opinion, and Health Policy

AIDS & Public Policy Journal 1, no. 1 (July 1986): 3
Ronald Bayer

AIDS is not only a biological threat, but a political and social sauna as well. When and if we find a therapeutic response to the devastation of the immune system produced by HTLV-III/LAV infection, and when and whether we develop a vaccine to interrupt the spread of such infection, remains very uncertain. What is clear is that in the interim, as the number of cases mounts and the death toll increases, a profound challenge to American political institutions and to those responsible for protecting the public's health will be encountered.
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