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0 pointstheorique12y ago0 comments

Was HIV even identified in the late 1970s and early 80s though? I thought it was identified as a consequence of looking at the causes of the AIDS epidemic.

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timr12y ago· 1 in thread

The virus was discovered in 1983, but knowledge of the "gay cancer" was around in the late 70s. I shouldn't have said "HIV research" there, but rather, "AIDS research". The medical world's interest in AIDS was pretty limited until it started to break out of the marginalized populations of gay men and drug users.

theoriqueOP12y ago

Ah, OK, makes sense. That's when it was realized that it was not exclusively "GRID" (Gay-related Immune Disorder) and that it was transmitted by virus.

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