“And The Band Played On” study guide Flashcards
Who was the president of the United States during this movie?
Ronald Reagan
What does GRID stand for?
Gay-related immune deficiency
What does the CDC stand for?
Center of Disease Control
In what city was the “bathhouse” controversy in?
San Francisco
What was Dr. Bob Gallo famous for?
Discovering the first retrovirus (HTLB3)
What does AIDS stand for?
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
What was the job title of the attractive man upon which the sexual cluster study was done that provided strong evidence that HIV is sexually transmitted?
The flight attendant (patient zero)
Why did some people die quickly when infected with HIV and other’s took longer?
Variable incubation
Why did the blood bank’s not want to test the blood for HIV?
It was to expensive
Name one person from the end of the movie that you recognize that died from AIDS.
Bill Kraus
How effective was the Hepatitis B test in detecting HIV?
88%
What disease did patients have that caused them to receive a lot of HIV infected blood?
Hemophilia (blood to thin)
Is AIDS only a “gay” disease?
No, women and kids can also get it
What was the name of the doctor that the CDC brought in to help with fighting HIV? He had previously worked on the Ebola epidemic in Africa.
Dr. Don Francis
When Dr. Francis was playing Pac Man, what did he realize about the HIV virus?
Something was gobbling t-cells
