A small number of doctors who specialized in treating gay men noticed that their patients were stricken with a high number of infectious diseases, including ones that typically affected only those with compromised immune systems. Sporadic news reports noted a mysterious disease seemingly concentrated among the gay community, but it received very little attention among the general public. The narrative opens in the late 1970s, just after the author moves to New York City. France provides a comprehensive factual account of these events while also including his own perspective as a gay man who lived through the plague. This book focuses on events in New York City and the United States more broadly. The epidemic was also a global one, affecting people in both developed and developing countries. The disease first appeared among gay men, and was primarily concentrated in the gay community, though every segment of the population was impacted. How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Scientists Tamed AIDS by David France describes the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and early 1990s. How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Scientists Tamed AIDS. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: France, David.
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