The Regan administration had two options. The first was to spend billions of dollars hoping to find a cure while certain behaviors continued to spread the virus. (what these activists wanted) The second option was to reduce the occurrence of those behaviors, namely intravenous recreational drug use, and unprotected sex with large numbers of sexual partners, which is particularly widespread among homosexual males.
The war on drugs had some horrible consequences, but in this case it was a positive. Even the very liberal New York City government shut down gay bathhouses to reduce the amount of unprotected sex and had some success in reducing infection rates.
Telling people to stop a selfish and destructive behavior is not demonizing them or ignoring their problems.
The war on drugs had some horrible consequences, but in this case it was a positive. Even the very liberal New York City government shut down gay bathhouses to reduce the amount of unprotected sex and had some success in reducing infection rates.
Telling people to stop a selfish and destructive behavior is not demonizing them or ignoring their problems.
EDIT: This was meant to be a reply to djaque.