In the period October 1980 - May 1981, five young men, all active homosexuals, were treated for biopsy-confirmed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at three different hospitals in Los angeles, California.
Two of the patience died.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control
June 5, 1981


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La terribile arma di distruzione di massa, concepita nei laboratori militari americani, iniziava a falciare vite umane.
All'inizio fu chiamata GRID, gay-related immune deficiency, in seguito AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Con estrema sagacia George F. Will sul Washington Post (vedasi WSJ Europe di oggi) conclude così il suo editoriale: Human beings do learn. But they often do at a lethally slow pace.

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