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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums1981 - Dr Anthony Fauci & the AIDS Epidemic
https://history.nih.gov/display/history/Dr.+Anthony+S.+Fauci+TranscriptIn Their Own Words...
NIH Researchers Recall the Early Years of AIDS
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
Dr Anthony S FauciIn the summer of 1981, when Dr. Anthony S. Fauci read the first reports about a strange immune disorder among gay men, he felt concern about a new disease emerging. But when the same condition appeared soon after among intravenous drug users, "I started to get goose pimples, he recalls. I said, 'My goodness. This could be an infection that is transmitted by blood and by sex, and I do not have the foggiest idea of what it is".
A senior investigator with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the time, Dr. Fauci was one of the few researchers devoted solely to human immunobiology.
He assembled a small group of scientists, including Drs. Clifford Lane and Henry Masur, to study the emerging disease. In short order, Dr. Fauci converted his lab from one that explored fundamental questions of immunology to one that focused on AIDS.
As every month went by, I became more convinced that we were dealing with something that was going to be a disaster for society, he says. In a 1982 Annals of Internal Medicine editorial, Dr. Fauci predicted that AIDS would not stay confined to the populations where it first appeared.
When he became NIAID director in 1984, Dr. Fauci continued his laboratory and clinical research in addition to his administrative duties, believing he could have a broader impact on the field of immunology in these multiple roles.
*As a researcher, he made breakthroughs in understanding how HIV destroys the body's immune system, and he helped develop strategies to restore immune defenses.
*As an administrator, Dr. Fauci led efforts that convinced Congress to dramatically increase funds for AIDS research, and he established a Division of AIDS within the Institute.
Remembering the spirit of the people in his lab during those early years, Dr. Fauci says, It is an indescribable experience knowing that what you are doing will have an impact on the lives of tens, if not hundreds, of millions of people. That gives you a lot of energy to do what you are doing.
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1981 - Dr Anthony Fauci & the AIDS Epidemic (Original Post)
Budi
Jul 2021
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Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. Another reason for the christofascists to hate and attack him.
Budi
(15,325 posts)2. Rand Paul should be removed from ever addressing anything related to medicine
What an insulting stupid fool he is.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)3. Randumb Paul should be removed from the general population.
He is dangerous and spreading deadly lies.
Budi
(15,325 posts)4. Surely Rand Paul can NOT be Kentucky's best..please?
Ugh.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)5. Hey KY, Lube him up and slide him out. And his little dog Mitch, too.
zuul
(14,624 posts)6. I think someone has some compromising information on him.
Pooty-Poot probably, who told TFG to keep Paul in line.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)9. Absofuckingloutely!
lapucelle
(18,187 posts)7. The video is amazing.
Thank you for sharing this.
https://videocast.nih.gov/Summary.asp?File=16681
Budi
(15,325 posts)11. Thanks for the Link, lapucelle
Appreciate it 🍃
Hekate
(90,530 posts)8. We are so lucky to have this man where he is. I wish there were a way to protect him from pissants
like Rand Paul.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)10. I love Dr. Fauci
That he gets goosebumps as confirmation of importance speaks volumes to me. 😉
Budi
(15,325 posts)12. Me too! Also it was the early 80's & he was up against Reagan
..for advancing AIDS research. Reagan didn't even recognize it existed outside the "gays" 🤬
It wasn't until President Clinton & the encouragement from 1st Lady Hillary that substantial AIDS research funding was authorized, & AIDS was recognized as a Nat'l crisis.
💙
But Fauci KNEW because he is a mentally healthy man, apparently with a well integrated anima. Goosebumps do not lie!