S1 E1: The Throwaway People: The Story of the HIV Pandemic

**Throwaway People: The Story of HIV/AIDS** HIV/AIDS is more than the story of a virus. It is also a story about fear, stigma, inequality, public-health failures, activism, scientific progress, and the people who were too often treated as disposable. In *Throwaway People*, Jackie looks at HIV/AIDS, the development of antiretroviral treatment, the history of the AIDS crisis, transmission through the blood supply, and the political and social response that shaped the epidemic. Because the history of HIV/AIDS isn't only about how a virus spread. It's about how people responded—and what happened to the people society decided weren't worth protecting. **Sources & Further Reading** **NIAID — Antiretroviral Drug Development** https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/antiretroviral-drug-development **HIV.gov — Choosing an HIV Treatment Regimen** https://hivinfo.nih.gov/understanding-hiv/fact-sheets/what-start-choosing-hiv-regimen **NIAID — HIV/AIDS** https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/AIDS **UNAIDS — Global HIV & AIDS Fact Sheet** https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/fact-sheet **Parker, R. — The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Structural Inequalities, and the Politics of International Health** https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.92.3.343 **Fox, D.M. — AIDS and the American Health Polity** https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0009.2005.00432.x **National Academies — HIV and the Blood Supply** https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK232413/ **NPR — Urvashi Vaid on George H.W. Bush and the AIDS Crisis** https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/673398013/critics-of-president-george-h-w-bush-reflect-on-his-handling-of-the-aids-crisis **Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight** Science. History. Public health. Human stories. And a healthy dose of undercover snark. 🌐 Website: https://www.causeofdeath100secs.net/ 🔗 Everything Cause of Death: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod **The Apocalypse Has Entered the Podcast.** #CauseofDeath100secs #HIV #AIDS #PublicHealth #MedicalHistory #InfectiousDisease