A critically acclaimed 640-page book by David France belongs at the top of your reading list.
An acquaintance of mine years ago, France has created in How to Survive a Plague a vivid review of the battle to understand the pandemic, fight U.S. government indifference, create a unified activist front, overcome bureaucratic chaos and ultimately learn how to treat AIDS.
The author’s exhaustive review seems to have him everywhere all the time from the first diagnosis to essentially the latest pharmaceutical successes. In doing so, he spares nothing about his personal life, confessing how deeply he felt about the witness he bore and the relationships he treasured.
His Amazon bio outlines a distinguished career prior to having written this tour de force, noting Continue reading
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