Chapter 8: Them Watching Us Eat Them
Ten years passed. It was 1995. AIDS continued to be a national and international health threat. Medical research developed a more sophisticated test, better and faster, for the HIV virus. With film actress Elizabeth Taylor at the helm, celebrities raised millions for AIDS awareness and research. Publicity and public outcry fueled the flame for improved quality and care for underinsured and low income families with the disease. Associations like the Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ACT UP took their protests to the streets. Promising new combinations of drugs or cocktails appeared on the market to prolong the lives of those living with AIDS. Along with gay men, women and children were dying from the disease, and the fight for a cure would continue throughout
