I was a young doctor in training when the AIDS epidemic hit so hard (1983-1988) We were treating dozens of victims. At first most of the patients had hemophilia and had received monthly blood transfusions since birth. Their infection rate was almost 100%. Sometime after that the young gay men started coming in to the ER. Most of them had Pneumocystis pneumonia for which we had no treatment. They died anonymously on the ventilator and we never got to know them but we met their grief stricken families. Some of the later victims had slower fatal diseases and we got to know them. At that time they were routinely shunned by the community at large and felt so isolated and alone. It was tragic. Somehow Bruce tapped in to that feeling perfectly and the ability to do that confirms his genius.
I was a young doctor in training when the AIDS epidemic hit so hard (1983-1988) We were treating dozens of victims. At first most of the patients had hemophilia and had received monthly blood transfusions since birth. Their infection rate was almost 100%. Sometime after that the young gay men started coming in to the ER. Most of them had Pneumocystis pneumonia for which we had no treatment. They died anonymously on the ventilator and we never got to know them but we met their grief stricken families. Some of the later victims had slower fatal diseases and we got to know them. At that time they were routinely shunned by the community at large and felt so isolated and alone. It was tragic. Somehow Bruce tapped in to that feeling perfectly and the ability to do that confirms his genius.