Time when President Donald Trump suspended h 1 b visas to the end of this year. So canada is putting it out there. Their doors are open in Silicon Valley and ceos are seeing the impact. Sitting in board members, ceos have related theyre trying to hire programmers from russia or other parts of the world. Reporter how worried should Silicon Valley be, with them trying to poach talent from our area . We should always be concerned that we are protecting and preserving our competitive advantage as the hub of the innovation economy. Reporter the pandemic and immigration halt has take an toll. But the pay in canada still does not compare to Silicon Valleys. On average, the tech workers here in the United States in Silicon Valley can make almost double what theyre making in some of the tech hubs in canada. Reporter but the hope is that when the pandemic ends, the talent comes back or holds on. Or theres always canada. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. Making the bay area a better place to
and prejudice of the passed to the present-day struggle to get people at risk to practice safe sex. and the remarkable medical advances that could be the basis for a cure in the future, including an exclusive t.v. interview with the man who appears to be the first man in world history to have been cured of aids. but we start with a look back. [ music ] reporter: 1981 in san francisco and the great gay and lesbian party of liberation was in full swing. and ground zero of the party was the city s castro district. people aren t afraid to be gay. reporter: but as the party rolled on, there was an unknown guest moving in as silently as the fog, there was a virus. it was june 5th of 1981 that the centers for disease control issued a report carried only in the la times about a strange outbreak of pneumonia among five gay men in la. case where is already cropping up in san francisco. what did the spots look like? reporter: gay activist cleave jones started a hotline on cast
reporter: 1981 in san francisco and the great gay and lesbian party of liberation was in full swing. and ground zero of the party was the city s castro district. people aren t afraid to be gay. reporter: but as the party rolled on, there was an unknown guest moving in as silently as the fog, there was a virus. it was june 5th of 1981 that the centers for disease control issued a report carried only in the la times about a strange outbreak of pneumonia among five gay men in la. case where is already cropping up in san francisco. what did the spots look like? reporter: gay activist cleave jones started a hotline on castro street to deal with all of the rumors and fear flooding the community. very few things have actually changed. reporter: today, 30 years later, after starting the aids quilt jones is still an activist. what s it like for you to be back here 30 years later? oh, it s weird. i mean i m grateful to be alive. one of the things i was thinking about th