Honoring World AIDS Day on the Streets of Philadelphia

We have reached December, and 12/1/18 is World AIDS Day.  So, on this 335th day of 2018, I want to honor 1988 as our number of the day (since 1988 was the first World AIDS Day (the first global health day) and that means this is the 30th anniversary).  For a song, I am going to use this Bruce Springsteen classic from the movie, Philadelphia.  This movie affected me, not just because it was interesting to see our city (and Penn's campus) represented.  But the story of Tom Hanks' character and all that he had to endure made me really aware of the persecution that surrounds this disease.  I am glad we are able to treat the disease much more effectively, 30-years later.  I just hope we can eradicate both the disease and the persecution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z2DtNW79sQ

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