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I am a gay man of a certain age [View all] dsc Aug 2021 OP

K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2021 #1

excellent observation Skittles Aug 2021 #2

✔️ blm Aug 2021 #3

I made this very comparison UpInArms Aug 2021 #4

Yes, I don't understand people today. Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #5

I think the effects of Covid are not easily seen. People are terrified of Polio. Maraya1969 Aug 2021 #6

And now it's affecting younger and younger people, including children Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #16

I am terrified of Covid...Got 2 shots, will get another if I need to..as many as they say.. Stuart G Aug 2021 #37

I am assuming you did not mean to aim this at me. I am vaccinated and I always masked up Maraya1969 Aug 2021 #39

I did not mean to aim this at you or anyone...ever...Just making a point..I am sorry if I posed this Stuart G Aug 2021 #41

It's OK. Just wanted to make sure. eom Maraya1969 Aug 2021 #46

I think working to make protease inhibitors available was the high point of my professional life. NNadir Aug 2021 #7

+1 . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2021 #30

Unfortunately this is a bad analogy as AZT ended up being bad for HIV patients. Dallas Buyers Club Pisces Aug 2021 #8

You DO know that DBC was just a really bad movie, right? NullTuples Aug 2021 #9

That doesn't negate that AZT was not a good drug for HIV. Pisces Aug 2021 #11

I have several friends alive today because of AZT FreeState Aug 2021 #26

I agree with you. Horrible drug. I don't even know why they chose it for HIV Maraya1969 Aug 2021 #40

It was the first treatment that had any efficacy against AIDS dsc Aug 2021 #12

Completely understand your POV, as I share it. I've always been interested in public health... Hekate Aug 2021 #10

I lost my dear school friend, David, in 1988. We were last together at our high school MerryBlooms Aug 2021 #13

The generation that broke Fauci in. carpetbagger Aug 2021 #14

From 1969 to 1979 I was a ticket agent at National Airport in Washington DC. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #15

Well said! Karadeniz Aug 2021 #17

K&R MustLoveBeagles Aug 2021 #18

As kids, mom was serious with us about appalachiablue Aug 2021 #19

I am only 53 but my parents vividly remembered Polio dsc Aug 2021 #21

One of the early anti-vax conspiracies was that polio vaccination caused HIV/AIDS greenjar_01 Aug 2021 #38

I dated a boy/man that had polio. LakeArenal Aug 2021 #48

dsc.... Upthevibe Aug 2021 #20

K&R spanone Aug 2021 #22

They not only marched, beggged and pleaded for themselves Warpy Aug 2021 #23

Moderna will soon be in clinical trials of a mRNA vaccine for HIV. roamer65 Aug 2021 #24

We are witnessing the awesome power of propaganda dlk Aug 2021 #25

Republicans laughed at AIDS deaths Tiger8 Aug 2021 #27

Rethuglicans love death & suffering, and making money off of it. Crowman2009 Aug 2021 #31

I was reminded of "Republicianism" a few weeks ago Tiger8 Aug 2021 #35

I came out in 1982 when I was 18, in Detroit MotorCityBeard Aug 2021 #34

Yes, that proves just how bad Republicans have gotten Tiger8 Aug 2021 #36

Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2021 #28

Your attitude about masks, at least, seems to be uncommon among gay men of a certain age. Ms. Toad Aug 2021 #29

And by the way, Fauci was there then, struggling to identify the disease and develop treatments. lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #32

I remember the start of it all.... Random Boomer Aug 2021 #33

The same people who would put HIV and gay people in concentration camps... RicROC Aug 2021 #42

I am a gay man of a more advanced age and a gay activist for 50 years. trickyguy Aug 2021 #43

I'm a couple of years younger than you, and I feel the same way. Politicub Aug 2021 #44

My brother is also a gay man a couple of years older than you. Borchkins Aug 2021 #45

Thanx for the post Mr. dsc Botany Aug 2021 #47