Statement of Representative Jerrold Nadler on the 20th Anniversary of the Discovery of AIDS
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Twenty years ago the medical world was riding a wave of confidence. Our scientists had conquered polio, tuberculosis, small pox, you name it. We were ready for any new challenge. But no one was prepared on June 5th, 1981 for the crisis that was to come. Some thought this new discovery to be a rare pneumonia, others a new form of cancer. It attracted…