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“This scattershot pattern is a reminder that nothing about the spread of the AIDS epidemic was foreordained. HIV followed the networks humans built: the porter paths, the steamship lines, the concrete highways, the air links. And while the virus eventually found its way to nearly every corner of a shrinking world, it sparked widespread outbreaks in only some of them.”

i hate the way this is written. i hate the tone. i hate the language used. i hate the dramatization. i hate the narrative. did i mention i hate the language? it’s awful. craig u better watch ur back i wanna fight

This dumb idiot really just cited randy shilts and his patient zero bullshit like it was a real thing responsible for the US epidemic instead of homophobic baloney created by an editor to sell books. who tf fact checked this shit 0/10

I already absolutely hate the author and am 100% done with his sensationalist writing style. I can’t stand how he’s characterizing hiv and the people who live with it. he’s he’s managed to use the word hellhole TWICE already in reference to African countries. but this is the only book tracing hiv back to european colonialism in Cameroon so we are gonna buckle up and power through