A great article, from Salon, highlighting the current events surrounding Ebola and the past (and very much present!) AIDS crisis. Definitely worth a read!
Monday, Oct 27, 2014 03:45 PM EST
“History repeating itself”: AIDS activists
slam Cuomo for “stigmatizing” Ebola quarantines
Advocates and public health experts cite
troubling similarities between the AIDS crisis and Ebola panic
Citing a “great sense of solidarity” with Ebola survivors and healthcare
workers, a group of leading AIDS activists spoke out Monday afternoon
against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Ebola quarantine policy, calling it
a “dangerous and explosive” overreaction that is spreading “dangerously
incorrect information” about how Ebola is spread. It’s a political
reaction, they say, that will only contribute to “growing stigma and
public panic” surrounding the outbreak.
To read the full article, click the link: http://www.salon.com/2014/10/27/history_repeating_itself_aids_activists_slam_cuomo_for_stigmatizing_ebola_quarantines/
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