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Every generation has its own disease that moves from doomed to hopeful
It sometimes seem that every generation has its disease. In earlier generations it was Tuberculosis, in the 40’s and 50’s the fear and the scourge of Polio gripped the nation.
In the 80’s and 90’s, the fear and reality of AIDS overwhelmed the national consciousness.
When we look at these diseases...the death tolls from them, the way they were perceived, the medical mystery, the research, the treatment and the movement towards a cure...we learn a great deal, not just about the march of medicine, but about the culture of the particular time. We see how disease evolves and what it says about our collective character.
That’s the world that my Dr. Susan Ball writes about in Voices in the Band: A Doctor, Her Patients, and How the Outlook on AIDS Care Changed from Doomed to Hopeful
My conversation with Dr. Susan Ball:
Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe
In the 80’s and 90’s, the fear and reality of AIDS overwhelmed the national consciousness.
When we look at these diseases...the death tolls from them, the way they were perceived, the medical mystery, the research, the treatment and the movement towards a cure...we learn a great deal, not just about the march of medicine, but about the culture of the particular time. We see how disease evolves and what it says about our collective character.
That’s the world that my Dr. Susan Ball writes about in Voices in the Band: A Doctor, Her Patients, and How the Outlook on AIDS Care Changed from Doomed to Hopeful
My conversation with Dr. Susan Ball:
Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe
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By Jeff Schechtman
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It sometimes seem that every generation has its disease. In earlier generations it was Tuberculosis, in the 40’s and 50’s the fear and the scourge of Polio gripped the nation.
In the 80’s and 90’s, the fear and reality of AIDS overwhelmed the national consciousness.
When we look at these diseases...the death tolls from them, the way they were perceived, the medical mystery, the research, the treatment and the movement towards a cure...we learn a great deal, not just about the march of medicine, but about the culture of the particular time. We see how disease evolves and what it says about our collective character.
That’s the world that my Dr. Susan Ball writes about in Voices in the Band: A Doctor, Her Patients, and How the Outlook on AIDS Care Changed from Doomed to Hopeful
My conversation with Dr. Susan Ball:
Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe
In the 80’s and 90’s, the fear and reality of AIDS overwhelmed the national consciousness.
When we look at these diseases...the death tolls from them, the way they were perceived, the medical mystery, the research, the treatment and the movement towards a cure...we learn a great deal, not just about the march of medicine, but about the culture of the particular time. We see how disease evolves and what it says about our collective character.
That’s the world that my Dr. Susan Ball writes about in Voices in the Band: A Doctor, Her Patients, and How the Outlook on AIDS Care Changed from Doomed to Hopeful
My conversation with Dr. Susan Ball:
Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe
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