In the period October 1980-May 1981, 5 young men, all active homosexuals, were treated for biopsy-confirmed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at 3 different hospitals in Los Angeles, California. Two of the patients died. All 5 patients had laboratory-confirmed previous or current cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and candidal mucosal infection.
一場世紀疫症，就此展開序幕
冇錯，就係愛滋病
初時專家仲未摸得着頭腦呢種病究竟係一種新型傳染病，定還是呢班男同性戀者take左某種毒品造成
一開始幾乎所有感染者都係喺美國三藩市同洛杉磯嘅男同性戀者，患者好多都會出現罕有嘅卡波氏腫瘤(kaposi sarcoma)，所以呢個病初時被命名為同性戀癌症（gay cancer)
https://youtu.be/X23vKiBE88E?si=wz8tU8FFNlzw8USb
及後開始有針筒導友
同埋需要輸血嘅白血病患者，都出現類似症狀。1982年8月，呢個病正式更名為後天免疫力缺乏症 （acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AIDS)初時美國政府根本唔當愛滋病係一回事
有記者Lester Kinsolving問到白宮發言人Larry Speakes究竟列根總統打算點樣處理疫情
俾當時嘅美國白宮發言人同一眾記者笑鳩佢
https://youtu.be/yAzDn7tE1lU
Kinsolving: I mean, it's a pretty serious thing. One in every three people that get this have died. And I wonder if the President was aware of this.
Speakes: I don't have it. Do you?
[scattered laughter.]
Kinsolving: You don't have it? Well, I'm relieved to hear that, Larry!
[Press pool laughter.]
一直到1985年荷里活影星Rock hudson因為愛滋病逝世
列根總統先至開始問佢啲幕僚「其實愛滋病係咩嚟？」
再提高撥款進行愛滋病相關研究研究
及後嘅10年，對愛滋病嘅治療都冇乜大突破
由1981年到1995年，確診感染愛滋病相等於判處死刑
要直到何大一發明雞尾酒療法，成功將病毒量長期壓低到不可檢測嘅水平，愛滋病正式由世紀絕症變成長期病患。
以今日嘅醫療，愛滋病感染者只要準時食藥健康同壽命與一般人基本上冇分別。
究竟呢場世紀瘟疫係幾時開始？時間就要數返去1920年代
