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thucythucy

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1. And here again a Republican administration chose to ignore the problem

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Jun 5, 2021, 06:07 AM

Jun 2021

until tens of thousands had died. It wasn't until people personally known to the Reagans (Rock Hudson for instance) that the federal government even began to treat this as a public health emergency,

Those were scary, awful times. Thinking of good friends I lost, missing them today and always.

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