A Path to Curing H.I.V.

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🗓️ 21 March 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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For only the second time since the start of a global epidemic, a person was reported this month to have been cured of H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. Scientists and activists had almost given up on reaching that milestone. Here’s a look at how we got to this point. Guest: Peter Staley, a longtime AIDS activist. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro. This is the deal.
0:10.2	Earlier this month, a second person was cured of HIV,
0:14.4	something that after three decades of fighting for a cure,
0:17.8	scientists and activists had almost given up on.
0:22.7	How we got here.
0:23.9	It's Thursday, March 21st.
0:34.1	So Peter Staley, when did you first hear about HIV and AIDS?
0:38.5	Where were you? And what was going on in your life?
0:42.2	I think I first heard about AIDS probably a year into the crisis in 1982.
0:48.0	It's mysterious, it's deadly, and it's baffling medical science.
0:52.4	It's like the first mainstream television report.
0:56.6	The lifestyle of some male homosexuals has triggered an epidemic.
1:01.2	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or the acronym by which it's frequently identified,
1:06.8	AIDS. And I'm still in college at Oberlin.
1:10.0	Researchers are now studying blood and other samples from the victims,
1:13.2	trying to learn what is causing the disease. So far, they have had no luck.
1:17.2	You know, it seemed like this strange mystery. I'm not sure how applicable it felt to my life.
1:25.0	Investigators have examined the habits of homosexuals for clues.
1:28.4	I was in the fast lane at one time in terms of the way that I lived my life, and now I'm not.
1:33.5	I was a closeted homosexual. Certainly wasn't hearing about it on campus at all.
1:40.5	And then I came to New York in about April of 83 for this new job on Wall Street,
1:49.9	and had my first conversations with other gay men.
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