“ Like AIDS, I think. Most don’t die from actual AIDS, but the diseases acquired because the immune system was diminished.”
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You are correct. I was a young Paramedic when HIV began to wildly spread throughout the Gay Community, early 90s.
When HIV turned into full blown AIDS, they would get AIDS related Pneumonia, various Cancers, Organ failures, etc.
It was quite awful getting runs to people’s home with AIDS and they knew and we knew they going to the hospital for the last time.
I was Detroit EMS………so many were young Black Men in their early 20s dying a horrible death. Very sad.
Yes they sinned, but they were good young men not into gangs or dope.
Many had college and a career path.
I’m a sinner too, as we all are.
Then it was weird, seems like one day, it was gone, except it wasn’t but there were treatments for it. Like the kind Magic Johnson was receiving.