AIDS: From Ryan White to Today's Silent Epidemic | Retro Report on PBS

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  • Опубликовано: 3 ноя 2019
  • Rates of H.I.V. infection have fallen in many places, but the AIDS crisis persists in some parts of the country. What can be learned from history - and specifically the story of Ryan White? Lesson plan for educators: bit.ly/RR-aids
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Комментарии • 104

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 4 года назад +66

    Many reporters tried to describe Ryan as an innocent victim and he was very quick to correct them. He really didn't think he was more worthy of sympathy than gay men.

  • @MrAzazel666
    @MrAzazel666 4 года назад +84

    Could you please do an episode about Mad Cow Disease? I think that would be the perfect topic for Retro Report.

    • @RETROREPORT
      @RETROREPORT  4 года назад +23

      Thanks for the suggestion!

    • @majortom1950
      @majortom1950 4 года назад

      She would be on NBC -- Rachael Madcow Show

    • @Isaaxz123
      @Isaaxz123 4 года назад +8

      @@majortom1950 That was cringe, bro.

  • @elizabethrose3667
    @elizabethrose3667 2 года назад +6

    I cannot believe in this day and age teens and young people do not have any education about aids. That’s terrible. They need access to care and education.

  • @ninanano
    @ninanano 3 года назад +10

    there's a special place in hell for all those people who denied a child with a terminal disease his right to education.

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 6 месяцев назад

      There were many more cases like this at the time than just Ryan White. The 1990 American's With Disabilities Act did a great deal to clarify federal law protecting the rights of people with disabilities to get an education. The 1973 Rehabilitation Act wasn't as clear in regards to disease or conditions considered terminal.

  • @Noname-qr1it
    @Noname-qr1it 4 месяца назад +1

    Brave Ryan changed the scope of AIDS
    18 years of history on the disease should be given to him for his contribution
    30+ YEARS WE STILL L❤VE and Remember You 😭
    TU Ryan, Rest on

  • @karenbrown4524
    @karenbrown4524 4 года назад +13

    I've forgotten how far we've come. These reports bring back so many memories.

  • @bardlover6
    @bardlover6 4 года назад +23

    Failed to explain that though PRep is available, it’s very expensive even with insurance. Generally non preferred tiers and high deductible. Even for those exposed through work workman’s comp often tries to get them to pay then reimburse. No insurance=thousands of dollars.

  • @jaydentownsend5402
    @jaydentownsend5402 4 года назад +21

    This comment section is so toxic, I aint got hiv, aint in the lgbt but dayum you guys needa be a bit more humane

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 3 года назад +1

      It was worse in the 1980s. Attitudes towards people have actually improved. Rather than hiding behind online handles people said this sort of thing openly and out in public.

    • @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165
      @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165 3 года назад +1

      @Jayden
      I agree. Idk if there was some homophobic stuff that got removed, but all the comments that are hyper-focused on the details of the story, seem to be just as toxic and discriminatory.

    • @melissacooper8724
      @melissacooper8724 3 месяца назад

      I remember that back in the 1980s there were religious people who believed that AIDS was God's punishment towards gay people. And then there were some who thought you could get AIDS as easily as a cold. How can people be so ignorant?

  • @Justwrestle129
    @Justwrestle129 4 года назад +25

    I feel like Ryan was meant to change the outlook on AIDS by divine intervention. Like he was an angel sent to make a difference.

  • @lngvly22
    @lngvly22 3 года назад +5

    I thought I recognized that voice at 1:53

  • @kabithemouse
    @kabithemouse 2 года назад +5

    Watching this in 2022 and recognizing Dr. Fauci's voice is a trip lol

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 6 месяцев назад +1

      Dr. Anthony Fauci did incredible work on HIV/AIDS.

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 4 года назад +16

    U.S. Vice President Mike Pence largely ignored the epidemic when he was governor of Indiana. He delayed needle exchange programs.

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 4 года назад +7

      @William Baker Yes. I.V. drug users are at risk of HIV infection which if left untreated develops into AIDS. Knowing your status can help you get treatment and prevent you from transmitting the virus to others. Needle exchange programs can prevent users from sharing needles and infecting others.

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 4 года назад +5

    The courts didn't rule in favour of Ryan's case. It was thrown out of court and he won an administrative appeal outside of the court system. An injunction was later filed by Concerned Citizens of Western School and the court ruled against them. At that point the school board wasn't involved. They agreed to abide by the decision of the administrative appeal.

  • @Ruushii
    @Ruushii 2 года назад +1

    Is no one gonna talk about how half the comments in this comment section are from the same guy

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 4 года назад +2

    Only a few years ago the Howard County Historical Society did an oral history project on Ryan White and David Rosselot claimed that he never apologized to Jeanne White-Ginder for the case. In fact he still maintained that given the available information at the time he thought that he should have won the case. He resented the courts handling of it and claimed that it prevented him from becoming a judge later.

    • @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165
      @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165 3 года назад

      What's your point?

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 3 года назад

      Alysia Mer David-Wasser Additional relevant information.

    • @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165
      @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165 3 года назад

      @@seanwebb605
      How is that relevant to this? He literally said that he hoped RYAN forgave him. This is literally entitled: "The Story of *AIDS* : From *Ryan White* to Today's Silent Epidemic".

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 3 года назад

      Alysia Mer David-Wasser Entitled?

    • @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165
      @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165 3 года назад

      @@seanwebb605
      @Sean Webb
      How is that relevant to this?
      *He literally said that he hoped RYAN forgave him.*
      This is literally titled: "The Story of *AIDS* : From *Ryan White* to Today's Silent Epidemic".
      (Dictionaries have it listed both ways. Grammar changes. The merit of my comment has not.)
      You are trying to misrepresent a man's words bc you claim it is "relevant" information. You clearly can't show how this information is "relevant" to RYAN WHITE, or you would have.
      He asked for forgiveness. MOVE ON.

  • @Justwrestle129
    @Justwrestle129 4 года назад +3

    Pure ignorance to put that kid through that

  • @lucyndanu5352
    @lucyndanu5352 4 года назад +3

    i find it hard to understand how the "the greatest country in the world" fails in a lot of thing, for i know in my third world country, the govt carries out all cost of the medications needed, they are not sold anywhere you can get them at a govt hospital, where they provide all services needed

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 3 года назад

      Don't look at me. I live in a truly great country.

    • @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165
      @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165 3 года назад +2

      We helped give you those meds. Meds are available here, as shown by Jupiter taking his. Love him or hate him, Bono had a meeting with POTUS Bush in 2007 & created PEPFAR. Something like .01% of our budget goes to AIDS in underdeveloped countries. A few years ago, the beginning of the end of AIDS was announced. That's why they said "Infection rates are still spreading.". In the past, they would've said: "Infection rates are on the rise.". The use of PrEP & condoms has stopped the "pandemic of AIDS" here & abroad.

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 4 года назад +1

    I really expected more from PBS.

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby 4 года назад +1

      I always have a sense these videos have been VASTLY edited down. I even see jump cuts in many of them - blip, and ten minutes is missing!

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 3 года назад +1

      @@ferociousgumby Longer and more comprehensive would have been nice, but they were also lazy.

    • @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165
      @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165 3 года назад +1

      @@seanwebb605
      Do you understand the definition of the word "with"? This is a series of small films created mainly by The New York Times. Occasionally, they collaborate with pbs. Writing: "I expect more from pbs." implies that you didn't read and/or understand that this is a collaboration. If you did, it implies, disappointment with whom they chose to collaborate & chose to watch it anyway. That would be your fault.

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 4 года назад +1

    The images of the protests came after the administrative appeal. The court case by Concerned Citizens of Western School came after this. Your timeline and images are wrong.

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 4 года назад

    Many of the images that you are using don't match the time and events that you are describing.

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 4 года назад +3

    It wasn't an infection from blood transfusion. Infusion of Factor 8. There is an important difference and if you don't make an attempt to understand the difference then you really aren't doing your job.

  • @millennialfalcon8958
    @millennialfalcon8958 3 года назад +1

    If you can mentioned ACT UP being taught in your high school history class, you know that HIV didn’t “disappear”

  • @1naruto59
    @1naruto59 2 года назад +1

    dr fauci before he was famous

  • @TsukiNaito1
    @TsukiNaito1 4 года назад +3

    We need to be building monuments to Fauci.

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 3 года назад

      The guy has been a dedicated public servant for decades. Recognized by pretty much anyone who matters. Why we don't have statues for people like him in the public square is just a sad indication of who we venerate.

    • @rsod85
      @rsod85 3 года назад +4

      @@seanwebb605 You're deifying a man that is beyond mediocre at his job and cares more about his political clout than actually doing his job. Allowed 60 Million americans contract H1N1 (thank god it wound up not being as deadly as initially thought) and completely failed to tell Obama/Biden to restock the depleted PPE they had exhausted which led to COVID issues. Not to mention the contradictory information that he gave regarding masks, he praised Trump's response in press conferences, then turned around and criticized it in one of his many paid TV interviews. So strange how certain groups want monuments build for largely misunderstood people. He is a public face for the work of thousands of doctors across the country, he is not a god.

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 3 года назад +1

      @@rsod85 Who provided you with those crappy talking points?

    • @rsod85
      @rsod85 3 года назад +2

      @@seanwebb605 Talking points? That buzzphrase grows old, can you rebut anything I just posted at all? Intellectual laziness is no excuse

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 3 года назад

      @@rsod85 It's an accurate description of what you have done. I agree that there is intellectual laziness. Try to work on that.

  • @Zeldarw104
    @Zeldarw104 4 года назад +3

    "Communities of color".....🤦🏾‍♀️ "People of color".....🤔

  • @Queen_of_war1988
    @Queen_of_war1988 9 месяцев назад

    It's been around since queen 👑 leader of the group died hiv rio ryan and Freder

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 6 месяцев назад

      The HIV/AIDS epidemic began long before a singer died.

  • @geraldjohnson8871
    @geraldjohnson8871 4 года назад +2

    Yet they have Not Repented of the lmmoral acts that they live in daily, they continue to bend down before their god, Satan, lt ls never to late to Repent unless you Die first, "Then as is said by me,Dead Sinnets can Not ask Forgiveness, and Repent", Jesus waits as long as you live but once you Die Jesus waits no
    more*!*¤*!!!