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and inundated the longs and killed people. tens of thousands of cases of h.i.v., the virus that causes aids are reported across the u.s., but the federal government s response is slow. john winkleman was a college activist during that time. reagan didn t push for any federal funding, and nothing was happening. unfortunately, h.i.v. was impacting first gay men and drug users, and everybody thinks that queers and junkies are expendable sfwloosh let s be honest with ourselves. when it comes to preventing aids, hope, medicine, and morality teach the same lessons. in the city of new york the gay community is especially hard hit. people died very quick, horrible, horrible deaths. you had a government that wasn t telling you the answers to any of the questions that any of us had. what was this disease? how was it spread? in addition, the stigma and prejudice attached to the disease creates terrible consequences for those infected.