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America’s last major epidemic was the HIV/AIDS crisis of 1980s and 1990s. In order to better understand our current circumstances, Danielle is looking back at the legacies of action and inaction surrounding HIV/AIDS and how the government’s response then informs our approach to COVID-19 now.
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Created and Hosted by Danielle Bainbridge
Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios
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Origin of Everything is a show about the undertold histories and cultural dialogues that make up our collective story. From the food we eat, to the trivia and fun facts we can’t seem to get out of our heads, to the social issues we can’t stop debating, everything around us has a history. Origin of Everything is here to explore it all. We like to think that no topic is too small or too challenging to get started.
Below is a partial Works Cited. For the full list please visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iwj8YTAje5TqYeUS-I0GpYi0SbBlGCKlRbQCuIKMjxM/edit?usp=sharing
(Partial) Works Cited:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/reagan-administration-response-to-aids-crisis
https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/hiv-prevention/using-hiv-medication-to-reduce-risk/pre-exposure-prophylaxis
https://www.hiv.gov/tasp (treatment as prevention)
https://blackqueerlove.org/words/vital-signs
“For My Own Protection” From: Life. A Black Gay Anthology Ed. Joseph Beam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_Hemphill
http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/culture/black/articles/essex.html
https://www.the-scientist.com/foundations/demonstrating-discontent-may-21-1990-31227
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT_UP
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/09/689924838/how-to-demand-a-medical-breakthrough-lessons-from-the-aids-fight
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2014/11/121451/then-and-now-how-nurses-shaped-care-hivaids-patients#:~:text=Nurses%20played%20a%20crucial%20role,were%20scared%20and%20extremely%20ill.
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/nurse-cared-aids-patients-1980s-epidemic-explains-fight-63970606
https://scienceofcaring.ucsf.edu/patient-care/unbroken-chain-three-decades-hivaids-nursing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAMES_Project_AIDS_Memorial_Quilt
https://time.com/3763875/ryan-white-history/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ryan-white-dies-hiv-aids
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Glaser
https://arktimes.com/news/cover-stories/2015/01/08/ruth-coker-burks-the-cemetery-angel
https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/11474/david-wojnarowicz-photography-film-exhibition-kw-institute-art-berlin-2019 (Silence = Death)
https://www.economist.com/1843/2019/06/13/how-keith-harings-art-forced-us-to-talk-about-aids
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/aug/23/keith-haring-ignorance-equals-fear
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidalm/2019/02/05/marlon-riggs-icon-of-queer-and-black-cinema-celebrated-in-brooklyn/
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/health-equity/race-ethnicity.html
https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/06/16/race-gaps-in-covid-19-deaths-are-even-bigger-than-they-appear/#:~:text=Ratio%20of%20death%20rates,-35%2D44%20years&text=Whites%20comprise%2062%25%20of%20people,and%201%2C698%20Hispanic%2FLatino%20people.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/01/silent-epidemic-black-gay-men-in-us-face-50-50-risk-of-hiv
https://www.today.com/video/meet-the-cemetery-angel-ruth-coker-burks-provided-end-of-life-care-to-over-1000-aids-patients-62109765512
https://www.hivplusmag.com/activism/2018/7/09/woman-who-cared-hundreds-abandoned-gay-men-dying-aids
https://arktimes.com/news/cover-stories/2015/01/08/ruth-coker-burks-the-cemetery-angel
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/mike-pence-is-still-to-blame-for-an-hiv-outbreak-in-indiana-but-for-new-reasons/
https://npin.cdc.gov/pages/hiv-and-aids-timeline
https://time.com/4585537/world-aids-day-hiv/
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/group/racialethnic/africanamericans/index.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002796841531172X
https://www.healio.com/news/infectious-disease/20120225/hiv-more-prevalent-among-black-msm-despite-fewer-risk-behaviors
https://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/ss/slideshow-celebrities-hiv-aids
https://www.avert.org/professionals/history-hiv-aids/overview
https://www.healthline.com/health/celebrities-with-hiv#1
https://www.poz.com/article/4h-club
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/13-05-2020-unodc-who-unaids-and-ohchr-joint-statement-on-covid-19-in-prisons-and-other-closed-settings
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/05/14/i-survived-prison-during-the-aids-epidemic-here-s-what-it-taught-me-about-coronavirus
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