Science Notes with Bill Skane: GRIDS

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Local Emmy Award winning KQED science report by Bill Skane from 1982 which examines how the medical community is trying to develop new methods of effectively treating Kaposi's Sarcoma and other symptoms of what is referred to here as GRIDS (gay related infectious diseases). Includes an interview with Dr Paul Volberding of UC San Francisco and Dan Turner (a patient), views of laboratory work and brief scenes from the first Gay Olympics in San Francisco.

Originally aired on
KQED
Date aired
1982
Recording medium
3/4" U-matic video tape
5:06
Rights for this video belong to
NCPB/KQED
Type of material
science report
Identifier
Emmys 340-3
Views
5189

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This is fascinating to see the impact of AIDS on San Francisco's gay community in the very early years of the epidemic. Included is an interview with Dan Turner, one of the first gay men to speak publicly about living with AIDS. Thank you for sharing this important piece of our history.

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