Fauci and "And the Band Played On"

I never read the book, but the 'grabbing credit' rivalry was between Robert Gallo (U.S.) and Luc Montagnier (France) over who first discovered HIV was the cause of AIDS.

Can anyone speak to the truth of Larry Kramer's accusations in "An Open Letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci"?

Nobody is interested in curing AIDS. They're making too much money off it.

R2, I love Larry Kramer, (RIP) and what he stood for- but the gay community had their own version of anti-maskers back then as well, those that either refused to abstain from raw sex, wanted to pretend it would just "disappear", or complete or willful ignorance of specifics of transmission. Then, as now, certain subsets of gays- such as addicts while actively using- and gay teens that are under the purview of their parents-

teaching about HIV/AIDS and sexuality was a hot button subject fraught with polarizing opinions- personal, professionally. and institutionally..

Also even if the government stepped in immediately, the iPhone in your pocket has ten times more computing power than all of NASA had in the early 80's. Many of the advances in HIV treatment didn't occur until well into the early 90's, after a decade of medical and global collaboration, the rise of the newly established World Wide Web, and profound advances in computing power that hastened other technology such as DNA research and gene sequencing.