Kristen Davis

brave people that are not told you know and they're like they're crucial stories they're it's the details of how that kind of work gets done and pushed forward and it's by people who truly knew they were putting their life on the line and did it they didn't back away from the risk and they didn't back away from like all of that fear they had to just they kind of like lived in that fear and powered through it anyway and that's the piece of it that's

brave people that are not told you know and they're like they're crucial stories they're it's the details of how that kind of work gets done and pushed forward and it's by people who truly knew they were putting their life on the line and did it they didn't back away from the risk and they didn't back away from like all of that fear they had to just they kind of like lived in that fear and powered through it anyway and that's the piece of it that's

It's so incredible. It's like he didn't stay home from work. He didn't. He just kept going, knowing that he had to. Right, right. It reminds me of when they started the desegregation, Ruby Bridges. The five-year-old girl who had to, the first little black girl who went to a white school. Yeah. She's a baby. I mean, we've talked about this before.

It's so incredible. It's like he didn't stay home from work. He didn't. He just kept going, knowing that he had to. Right, right. It reminds me of when they started the desegregation, Ruby Bridges. The five-year-old girl who had to, the first little black girl who went to a white school. Yeah. She's a baby. I mean, we've talked about this before.

I recently saw a picture. I know. And it was like her now. Oh, my God. And her from then. And it just like, they made a five-year-old do that.

I recently saw a picture. I know. And it was like her now. Oh, my God. And her from then. And it just like, they made a five-year-old do that.

being killed it's like it's just fucking insane it's crazy yeah yeah amazing job thank you thank you I wanted to not do that shitty so yeah no you did it great and also just like yeah I love that idea of like we don't know this let's tell each other so that we know it and other people know it totally

being killed it's like it's just fucking insane it's crazy yeah yeah amazing job thank you thank you I wanted to not do that shitty so yeah no you did it great and also just like yeah I love that idea of like we don't know this let's tell each other so that we know it and other people know it totally

Well, we're going to take a turn, but it isn't really the turn away that we usually do, which I kind of love. We're going to turn toward a different direction. Okay. But also serious. Okay. Because December is HIV AIDS Awareness Month. Right. If you weren't there, many of our listeners were not.

Well, we're going to take a turn, but it isn't really the turn away that we usually do, which I kind of love. We're going to turn toward a different direction. Okay. But also serious. Okay. Because December is HIV AIDS Awareness Month. Right. If you weren't there, many of our listeners were not.

But in the spring of 1980, the national news began to report on a mysterious fatal disease that was spreading across the country, almost entirely in the gay male population. Almost immediately, those who fell ill were treated like pariahs in the healthcare system. Being diagnosed with AIDS was seen as a death sentence, stoking fear, paranoia, and intense homophobia.

But in the spring of 1980, the national news began to report on a mysterious fatal disease that was spreading across the country, almost entirely in the gay male population. Almost immediately, those who fell ill were treated like pariahs in the healthcare system. Being diagnosed with AIDS was seen as a death sentence, stoking fear, paranoia, and intense homophobia.

The AIDS crisis in America and the way it was handled by the Reagan administration and by some average Americans themselves will always be a stain on our history. But like most of the stories that we tell each other, There is a glimmer of light in this story because at San Francisco General Hospital. Sorry, I can't start it already. I just feel so proud. Yeah, I was going to say that.

The AIDS crisis in America and the way it was handled by the Reagan administration and by some average Americans themselves will always be a stain on our history. But like most of the stories that we tell each other, There is a glimmer of light in this story because at San Francisco General Hospital. Sorry, I can't start it already. I just feel so proud. Yeah, I was going to say that.

Because at San Francisco General Hospital, a young gay male nurse from Florida will spearhead the first dedicated AIDS ward in the United States. Oh, my God. This is incredible. And when he does, a staff of heroic nurses and doctors will defy fears and cultural taboos to provide compassionate care to those patients dying from AIDS.

Because at San Francisco General Hospital, a young gay male nurse from Florida will spearhead the first dedicated AIDS ward in the United States. Oh, my God. This is incredible. And when he does, a staff of heroic nurses and doctors will defy fears and cultural taboos to provide compassionate care to those patients dying from AIDS.

And that simple, generous act of compassion will ultimately prove to be revolutionary. This is the story of nurse Cliff Morrison and San Francisco General's Ward 5B. Shit.

And that simple, generous act of compassion will ultimately prove to be revolutionary. This is the story of nurse Cliff Morrison and San Francisco General's Ward 5B. Shit.

I knew like a little, but again, it's that same thing where you're kind of like, I know a little. There's an incredible documentary called 5B that came out in 2018. So definitely watch that. And then there's also interviews with and articles by Cliff Morrison and fellow 5B nurse Allison Moad. Those are the two main sources and the rest of the sources are in our show notes.

I knew like a little, but again, it's that same thing where you're kind of like, I know a little. There's an incredible documentary called 5B that came out in 2018. So definitely watch that. And then there's also interviews with and articles by Cliff Morrison and fellow 5B nurse Allison Moad. Those are the two main sources and the rest of the sources are in our show notes.