Nancy Reagan and her husband were silent as tens of thousands died. They were monsters.

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12. Yes, the contrast in compassion, empathy and her absolutely desperate need to get resources and

attention for the health-care these people needed couldn't be more stark. Thank you so much for posting the article. I've done hospice care for residents in nursing homes here - the elderly and a few with chronic illness that had been residents for years - you do whatever you can to make their end of life more comfortable and they quickly become family - when they're in torment it rips out your heart. Our people usually had family for comfort. That's what just kills me reading this - how alone these AIDS pts. must have felt. Without the love and care of their partners, this amazing woman and others, and an LGBT community that must have been enraged at being abandoned as well, I can't even imagine the fear of being completely alone through it all - and I'm sure many were. So terrible and sad.