TY  - BOOK
AU  - Garfield,Simon
TI  - The end of innocence: Britain in the time of AIDS 
SN  - 9780571371020 (pbk.) :
AV  - RA643.86 
U1  - 362.19697920941 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Faber & Faber
KW  - AIDS (Disease)
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Transmission
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - HIV infections
KW  - Health and Wellbeing
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Social services & welfare, criminology
KW  - thema
KW  - History
KW  - Illness & addiction: social aspects
KW  - European history
KW  - Diseases & disorders
KW  - Gay & Lesbian studies
KW  - HIV / AIDS
KW  - Social & cultural history
KW  - "Gender studies: transgender, transsexual, intersex people"
KW  - United Kingdom, Great Britain
KW  - 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 'A remarkable journalistic achievement.' Time Out'Powerful . Including interviews with key figures in the fight against the virus as well as those facing personal devastation and prejudice, The End of Innocence is an important and powerful story, compellingly told; ** With a new introduction by Russell T Davies **A new edition of the award-winning, ground-breaking account of the early AIDS crisis in Britain.'A remarkable journalistic achievement.' Time Out'Powerful . . . Indispensable.' Observer'Superb.' London Review of BooksWinner of the Somerset Maugham PrizeHow does a country control a virus that is killing increasing numbers of people? How does a government contain an epidemic spread by sex, drug use and blood products?And how does a population react when told that everyone is at risk from infection? By 1986, when the British Government woke up to the problem of AIDS, it estimated that 30,000 people had already been infected with HIV. Why was it so slow to act? Would the situation have been different if most of those affected had not been gay men? Award-winning journalist Simon Garfield presents a story of political intrigue, of panic and hysteria, of wasted opportunities and of a medical battle conducted against seemingly impossible odds. Including interviews with key figures in the fight against the virus as well as those facing personal devastation and prejudice, The End of Innocence is an important and powerful story, compellingly told. Features a new afterword by the author
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