Now there is a disease where a draconian quarantine was called for. But instead it became the first disease with civil rights.
Yep.
When the sexual revolution elevated what people do with their genitals to represent the sum of the pursuit of happiness they made getting their jollies just about he only thing that was totally exempt from any of what the Left otherwise calls common sense regulations.
To be blunt the response to AIDS and HIV is largely due to people whose idea of freedom rises no higher someones crotch.
You are correct and it is worth noting that Fauci was given his hero credentials when he led the effort to redefine AIDS away from being a Gay disease.