In 1983 a team of researchers, including Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, discovered HIV. They won a Nobel Prize for their efforts. She has remained in the field up until now, with her retirement pending. This article is an interview with her & is a very good read.
I'm not going to reiterate the piece. She talks of the findings, the social aspects & the current face of the epidemic. Her answers were well spoken, if not always pleasant.
She admits the researchers original naivete. How they thought HIV was just another virus & they'd have a cure in little time. 30+ years later, there's still no cure or vaccine. The most impacting thing she stated was, due to the nature of HIV, she doubted a cure would ever be found.
Read this.
Cya...
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