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I read a newspaper article in May 1984 which predicted that syringes would one day be a major cause of the transmission of HIV. It was what I had been waiting for - a project that had a lot of the things that I liked: problem-solving, product design, campaigning, and being a bit of a big mouth pain-in-the-bum.

— Marc Koska

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching.

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

The discovery of HIV in 1983 and the proof that it was the cause of AIDS in 1984 were the first major scientific breakthroughs that provided a specific target for blood-screening tests and opened the doorway to the development of antiretroviral medications.

— Anthony Fauci

One thing I can take credit for, along with the rest of show business, is when the red ribbons were out, we cured AIDS. Any advancements that came towards fighting AIDS were not done by scientists or doctors - it was people with little ribbons on their lapels.

— Gilbert Gottfried

Part of my job at 'The Economist' was writing about HIV, and that included the grim task of reporting on the state of the global epidemic.

— Shereen El Feki

Anyone that's involved in development has discovered that all the good work that's been done in development has been undone by the AIDS emergency.

— Bono

Today the biggest problem in caring for those with AIDS is no longer mainly a medical or scientific problem. The crisis is access to affordable drugs.

— Bernie Sanders

Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.

— Ryan White

I had seen AIDS patients in India and Africa, and knowing that people were dying even though drugs existed that could help them was shattering for me.

— Yusuf Hamied

AIDS win be our first priority, but in two years' time we don't know where AIDS research will stand, so we are also thinking of activity on other diseases.

— Luc Montagnier

A lot has changed since the 1980s, when the United States was a country with one of the greatest numbers of people infected with HIV.

— Christy Turlington

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