HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE is the story of the brave
young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic,
demanded the attention of a fearful nation and stopped AIDS from
becoming a death sentence.
This improbable group of activists bucked
oppression and, with no scientific training, infiltrated government
agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, helping to identify promising
new medication and treatments and move them through trials and into
drugstores in record time. In the process, they saved their own
lives and ended the darkest days of a veritable plague, while virtually
emptying AIDS wards in American hospitals in the process.
The powerful
story of their fight is a classic tale of empowerment and activism that
has since inspired movements for change in everything from breast cancer
research to Occupy Wall Street. Their story stands as a powerful
inspiration to future generations, a road map, and a call to arms.
This
is how you change the world.