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The Pandemic Feels Like Déjà Vu For Some Survivors of the HIV/AIDS Crisis

Devin KatayamaLesley McClurgEricka Cruz GuevarraAlan Montecillo
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ACT-UP protesters march through the streets surrounding the U.S. Capitol and shout "shame" outside the office of the Republican National Committee on May 20, 2004, in Washington, D.C. (TIM SLOAN/AFP via Getty Images)

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jesus Guillen overheard a woman ask why those being held on the Grand Princess cruise ship docked at the Oakland Port with COVID-19 couldn’t just be sent to an island somewhere. It reminded him immediately of another crisis he lived through: the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, where discrimination and stigma were made worse by the government’s inadequate response.

Guest: Lesley McClurg, KQED science reporter

You can read Lesley’s full story here.

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