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You Know, It's A Very Treatable Disease. You Shouldn't Feel Ashamed. But I'm Afraid That's Carried On Very Much So From The First Days Of Aids, When It Was Basically A Gay Disease. And Then, Of Course, You Know, It Affected Everybody.

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You Know, It's A Very Treatable Disease. You Shouldn't Feel Ashamed. But I'm Afraid That's Carried On Very Much So From The First Days Of Aids, When It Was Basically A Gay Disease. And Then, Of Course, You Know, It Affected Everybody.

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