Aids A Global Disaster That Brought A Lot Of Confusion,...

AIDS was a global disaster that brought a lot of confusion, not only among the victims who had contracted it, but also among the major stakeholders in the healthcare sector. While the CDC was busy looking for a possible cure, the government and other sectors remained tongue-tied, since there was hardly anything that could be done to save the lives at that moment. This situation was very chaotic, and created anxiety among the patients. The majority of the victims were the gay males in the United States. Since it was only noticed among them, there were numerous stereotypes that cropped regarding the population which was potentially targeted by the disease. As seen in the documentary How to Survive a Plague, there were many issues cut across†¦show more content†¦They also struggled to streamline the process of testing, where they suggested that it should take between seven to 10 years before it could be placed into the market, to guarantee that proper safety. At this time, ther e was a huge market for HIV drugs, which was answered in the imports from various countries such as France, which were proven to work effectively in slowing down the virus. At this time, the only FDA approved drug was AZT, which was highly expensive, to the tunes of $10,000 annually, and came with side effects such as the risk of becoming blind out of its toxicity. ACT UP’s efforts were repaid with the formation of the International Aids Conference. Also, an alternative drug to AZT was found in DDI, which was less toxic and had no side effects such as blindness. At that moment, there were stringent laws that sought to close off the borders to the HIV positive individuals from other nations. The HIV activists also fought to have these laws repealed. Despite the fight to have treatment of HIV streamlined, there was division in every sense, with issues of sexuality and race painting the picture. Women were excluded socially from active decision-making. TAG, and acronym for the Treatment Action Group, which broke off the ACT UP-NYC was the main body that sought the fast-tracking of the HIV experimental drugs development and testing. The reason for the break-up was that a part of the group was