into more clinical trials for more drugs. and they made that huge racket trying to force it to happen. in that news footage, though, there was that brief clip of an individual member of the activist group act up who the reporter said both helped organize that protest at nih and was also serving on a formal advisory committee at nih. a formal advisory committee at nih on trying to test and proof approve new drugs for aids. that happened. activists were brought onto those advisory groups because the top aids researcher at nih made that happen. he met with activists. he cracked open the nih to force that big scientific government agency to put actual people with aids on these advisory boards, including the activists who were protesting at their offices in big, loud, sometimes very intimidating protests, put those people on the advisory boards that are steering the government response. now, the top aids researcher in the government at the time made