Plot Summary:On the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed cases of AIDS, FRONTLINE examines one of the worst pandemics the world has ever known. After a quarter-century of political denial and social stigma, of stunning scientific breakthroughs, bitter policy battles and inadequate prevention campaigns, HIV/AIDS continues to spread rapidly throughout much of the world. Through interviews with AIDS researchers, world leaders, activists, and patients, FRONTLINE investigates the science, politics, and human cost of this fateful disease and asks: What are the lessons of the past, and what can be done to stop AIDS?
从医生访谈开始并穿插夹杂政客影像，基本展现了不作为的里根/布什政府与同期大量濒死感染者和涌现的社会运动，基本也是AIDS pandemic从开端到最灰暗的80年代末90年代初时期。片中与之对照的，乌干达和泰国都是最早积极采取措施应对AIDS的国家之一，也颇具成效。后续转入出现多重药物组合ART的90年代中后期，HIV不再是death sentence。但就像片子开头就提到的，由群众认知不足和歧视，还有没提到或者暗示的政界甚至科学界的复杂原因乃至斗争，AIDS pandemic依然远超预期。Ryan White的经历和结局令人唏嘘。在AIDS 40年重看这一类纪录片实在是令人心情沉重。
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