Im a brazilian doctor fighting COVID, its like living the AIDS epidemic all over again, with so many patients dying. Its so sad. Dr Francis is a inspiration for all of us. We have to know our history and our true heroes. May God bless all of the doctors fighting these virus!
I really don't see how they are very similar , for instance COVID is killing a bunch of old people. AIDS was so tragic because it destroyed the lives of so many people in their prime. I don't know one single young person that has died from the coof.
@@replecon1408 You are very lucky. Here in South America we have lost a lot of patients of all ages. And the massive death of elderly people should matter equaly as the death of the young ones.
Don was portrayed in a play I wrote called Hi I'm Vince, some years ago, and he was kind enough to write to the actor portraying him. I really nice man. Humanity could do with more like him.
Don is such a wonderful gentleman. I actually met him once as an undergrad when I was doing an internship for infectious disease. A great guy that speaks plainly and directly on his experience who is not in the least bit pretentious. Looking at the comments section below really sickens me considering the content of this video, and makes me value my education. Who let the infantile intellectual lightweights out of their cages?
@@TheM2heavy that movie changed me. Changed my life and how i interacted with people infected. I was in grade 6 when Rock Hudson died.. i was terrified. My mother was a nurse and i wanted to be as far away from this as possible. I was 12 and I was stupid. This movie changed everything. I learnt so much. I empathized so much. The best way to get smarter is to admit when you were an idiot. I now work actively to support all persons with hiv / aids. And that is now the good chapter of my life , 1994 til now and continues.
Reagan didn’t hate gays. This is what made it worse. He wasn’t religious. But he kowtowed to religious nuts 🥜 he’d conned to support him. Even threw his friend Rock Hudson under the bus
He was my heart and academic inspiration...to have studied under him, I would have polished his shoes with my tongue....several times a day if he wanted. Scream his name the minute I woke up every morning....whatever, I adore this man.
That moment when in the film and the band played on when this man totally dismissed that Poppers had anything to do with HIV , a silly joke about dancing mice in the film completely shows of the many mistakes & flaws in the HIV leading to Aids theory, oh the jokes & the humour that amuse the people who haven’t got a clue about what really has been going on
I watched "And The Band Played On." I was touched by Matthew Modine's character of Don Francis which led me to this video because I wanted to hear him speak. I marvel at the actor's portrayal of the doctor because he hit him right on the mark. The humor in Don Francis was a extra mention because I get his humor, especially in a field where it is a grave topic. Thanks!
Not that you will ever read this because you clearly have more important things to do, but it is one special human here and there such as yourself in our civilization who make quantum leaps like you...who do as Bob Gallo said shallowly, but I think you knew the true import of, "The gift of time and the smile of healthy children".. god speed
There are too many people now who have been diagnosed so called HIV antibody positive & don’t take any medication & are completely ok well after the ever changing latent period. , The fact they won’t say that it’s anything to do with toxic lifestyle in those early days , the poverty trap & there is no real spread heterosexually in UK , none of these things make sense , it’s sad how when they talk that so many people listen to there confident talking style as though they can’t possibly be wrong , they are stuck in there ways unable to even discuss the huge flaws in this theory, sad how they have become trapped like this , the truth will come to the masses but unfortunately it will take these people to die before that happens , they are in denial about there terrible mistake, so very sad & so driven by the pharmaceutical billions being made😔
Dude. Given your lack of command in the English language, I question your lack of command over anything related to HIV/AIDS. Educate yourself further before hopping on the Internet and trying to further your ideas.
@@jayallen81 Fair play , I need to improve on my command of the English language, but I don’t think you need Alan Turing to decipher thus 😂🤣😅 I’m sure you could figure it out 😉😊
I wish the Moderator would have just let him talk. There were a couple of times when I would like to have heard him finish his point but he was diverted away from it by a prompt about another issue.
3 questions for Dr. Francis 1. looking back now, is there anything you could have done differently to perhaps find the cause of Hiv/Aids sooner(other theories),thereby lowering the death toll? 2. do you possibly see some other new virus(related or unrelated to hiv) coming down the road that could be worse than hiv? 3. do you see a cure(?) for hiv/aids in perhaps the next 50 to 100 years?
What an impressive man. Certain gays are lauded for the role they played during the crisis but it is the Dr's at CDC and in California who were the heroes. Yet another example of how awful Reagan truly was.
Reagan helped weaken the Soviet Union without directly going to war with them, and THIS is all you have to say? I guess Reagan should also be panned for not speaking out on the tampon problem that killed women in the upper midwest.
Reagan has the blood of millions of AIDS victims on his hands. He could have stopped the pandemics early with 38 millions AIDS control plan. He chose to give them to military.
@Basra2020 your a doctor then who understands all the disease he is talking about and you are more knowledgeable than him. As far as engaging or looks, what does that have to do with anything? RR fan?
Im a brazilian doctor fighting COVID, its like living the AIDS epidemic all over again, with so many patients dying. Its so sad. Dr Francis is a inspiration for all of us. We have to know our history and our true heroes. May God bless all of the doctors fighting these virus!
I really don't see how they are very similar , for instance COVID is killing a bunch of old people. AIDS was so tragic because it destroyed the lives of so many people in their prime. I don't know one single young person that has died from the coof.
@@replecon1408 You are very lucky. Here in South America we have lost a lot of patients of all ages. And the massive death of elderly people should matter equaly as the death of the young ones.
A brilliant man indeed
I also liked Matthew Modine’s portrayl of Don Francis which brought me here
Me too 😁
Dr. Francis is absolutely my hero.
"I didn't lose my cool" I just love this incredible man.
Don was portrayed in a play I wrote called Hi I'm Vince, some years ago, and he was kind enough to write to the actor portraying him. I really nice man. Humanity could do with more like him.
Don is such a wonderful gentleman. I actually met him once as an undergrad when I was doing an internship for infectious disease. A great guy that speaks plainly and directly on his experience who is not in the least bit pretentious. Looking at the comments section below really sickens me considering the content of this video, and makes me value my education. Who let the infantile intellectual lightweights out of their cages?
Here’s a great example of the politics of the people that tend to go into public health. Important to be aware of this.
Indeed. Too much of our government is controlled by the Left and hostile to our values. I commend his work, but his attitude sucks.
I just... "...followed this kind of chaos." He went where his passion and instincts led him. That is an important trait in ambitious people.
I'm from San Rafael and I am so glad to know that such an influential person whom I look up to so much grew up here.
And the band played on. Here's the guy.
Right
@@TheM2heavy that movie changed me. Changed my life and how i interacted with people infected. I was in grade 6 when Rock Hudson died.. i was terrified. My mother was a nurse and i wanted to be as far away from this as possible. I was 12 and I was stupid. This movie changed everything. I learnt so much. I empathized so much. The best way to get smarter is to admit when you were an idiot. I now work actively to support all persons with hiv / aids. And that is now the good chapter of my life , 1994 til now and continues.
Good movie and an even better book. It opened my eyes to alot.
Pretty sickening how the Reagan Administration handling, or didn't handle, the AIDs epidemic.
Reagan didn’t hate gays. This is what made it worse. He wasn’t religious. But he kowtowed to religious nuts 🥜 he’d conned to support him.
Even threw his friend Rock Hudson under the bus
He was my heart and academic inspiration...to have studied under him, I would have polished his shoes with my tongue....several times a day if he wanted. Scream his name the minute I woke up every morning....whatever, I adore this man.
That moment when in the film and the band played on when this man totally dismissed that Poppers had anything to do with HIV , a silly joke about dancing mice in the film completely shows of the many mistakes & flaws in the HIV leading to Aids theory, oh the jokes & the humour that amuse the people who haven’t got a clue about what really has been going on
No doubt.
I watched "And The Band Played On." I was touched by Matthew Modine's character of Don Francis which led me to this video because I wanted to hear him speak. I marvel at the actor's portrayal of the doctor because he hit him right on the mark. The humor in Don Francis was a extra mention because I get his humor, especially in a field where it is a grave topic. Thanks!
It seems to have been written, really really well too! And I agree with everything you said about Matthew, Modine, and Dr. Francis
Not that you will ever read this because you clearly have more important things to do, but it is one special human here and there such as yourself in our civilization who make quantum leaps like you...who do as Bob Gallo said shallowly, but I think you knew the true import of, "The gift of time and the smile of healthy children".. god speed
There are too many people now who have been diagnosed so called HIV antibody positive & don’t take any medication & are completely ok well after the ever changing latent period. ,
The fact they won’t say that it’s anything to do with toxic lifestyle in those early days , the poverty trap & there is no real spread heterosexually in UK , none of these things make sense , it’s sad how when they talk that so many people listen to there confident talking style as though they can’t possibly be wrong , they are stuck in there ways unable to even discuss the huge flaws in this theory, sad how they have become trapped like this , the truth will come to the masses but unfortunately it will take these people to die before that happens , they are in denial about there terrible mistake, so very sad & so driven by the pharmaceutical billions being made😔
Dude. Given your lack of command in the English language, I question your lack of command over anything related to HIV/AIDS. Educate yourself further before hopping on the Internet and trying to further your ideas.
@@jayallen81 Fair play , I need to improve on my command of the English language, but I don’t think you need Alan Turing to decipher thus 😂🤣😅 I’m sure you could figure it out 😉😊
I wish the Moderator would have just let him talk. There were a couple of times when I would like to have heard him finish his point but he was diverted away from it by a prompt about another issue.
It was because there's a time limit for the presentation and the guy kept rambling on.
3 questions for Dr. Francis 1. looking back now, is there anything you could have done differently to perhaps find the cause of Hiv/Aids sooner(other theories),thereby lowering the death toll? 2. do you possibly see some other new virus(related or unrelated to hiv) coming down the road that could be worse than hiv? 3. do you see a cure(?) for hiv/aids in perhaps the next 50 to 100 years?
watch House of Numbers doccumentary for answers
Why because he speaks the truth. Most don't like to hear.
What an impressive man. Certain gays are lauded for the role they played during the crisis but it is the Dr's at CDC and in California who were the heroes. Yet another example of how awful Reagan truly was.
Reagan helped weaken the Soviet Union without directly going to war with them, and THIS is all you have to say? I guess Reagan should also be panned for not speaking out on the tampon problem that killed women in the upper midwest.
Reagan has the blood of millions of AIDS victims on his hands. He could have stopped the pandemics early with 38 millions AIDS control plan. He chose to give them to military.
@Basra2020 your a doctor then who understands all the disease he is talking about and you are more knowledgeable than him. As far as engaging or looks, what does that have to do with anything? RR fan?
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