THE RISE OF POLITICAL CONSERVATISM 1980 1992
REAGANOMICS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Polio
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AIDS
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COVID-19
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Influenza
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Detailed explanation-1: -The disease that we now call AIDS was first identified 30 years ago in medical journals in 1981-President Reagan’s first year in office. It quickly took hold in the media and in the national consciousness. Yet it wasn’t until May 31, 1987 that President Reagan would give his first major address on AIDS.
Detailed explanation-2: -1980s. April 24, San Francisco resident (and supposed gay sex worker) Ken Horne is reported to the Center for Disease Control with Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS). Later in 1981, the CDC would retroactively identify him as the first patient of the AIDS epidemic in the US.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Trump’s decision last week to suspend payments to the WHO wasn’t the first time a U.S. president has withheld funds and criticized the organization early in a historic pandemic. President Reagan did it in the 1980s as HIV/AIDS began to emerge as a global killer.