Dark History of Aids Epidemic
How did fear and stigma make the AIDS epidemic deadly?
4.1 (11)
65 mins
Explore the devastating early years of the AIDS epidemic and the fear that reshaped societies around the world. Discover the stigma, government failures, and human stories that turned a health crisis into a social tragedy.
Ep 1:
A Virus Without a Name
Baffled doctors in Brooklyn and Los Angeles confront a mysterious, deadly immune collapse, as scientists race to name a virus that had already been spreading silently for decades, tracing back to a Cameroon jungle.
Ep 2:
The Myth of Patient Zero, The Silence From Washington
A misread letter turns a dying flight attendant into history's most vilified scapegoat, while Reagan's White House meets a mounting death toll with laughter, silence, and calculated political neglect.
Discussions (5)
Julian
Level 2 · 2 mo agoSo Reagan just needed a famous friend to care?
Hewitt
Level 3 · 2 mo agoThe Patient Zero myth being a misread letter is insane
Ike
Level 7 · 2 mo agothe women dying without an official diagnosis hit hard
