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The year was '84, that was the year HIV hit the scene big time
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The year was '84,that was the year HIV hit the scene big time

Unrest • 2017
The year was '84,
that was the year HIV hit the scene big time

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The year was '84, that was the year HIV hit the scene big time.
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:25:16
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, drama, history
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When Harvard Ph.D. student Jennifer Brea is struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story as she fights a disease that medicine forgot.
My practice was people without HIV but people who didn't make antibody, - Unrest 00:09
My practice was people without HIV but people who didn'...
A patient came in to see me and she had been brutalized by the health care system. - Unrest 00:07
A patient came in to see me and she had been brutalized by t...
She was terribly ill, she was profoundly fatigued. - Unrest 00:05
She was terribly ill, she was profoundly fatigued.
She'd been put on antipsychotics without any mental illness whatsoever. - Unrest 00:07
She'd been put on antipsychotics without any mental ill...
She says, "if you would just at least look at my immune system and see if there's something wrong." - Unrest 00:10
She says, "if you would just at least look at my...
Everything we knew who had to do with the time. And I came back to four weeks later - Unrest 00:11
Everything we knew who had to do with the time. And I came b...
The cells that are antiviral just don't do much in culture that can't kill all the virally infected targets - Unrest 00:10
The cells that are antiviral just don't do much in...
This is a sick immune system. Well she burst into tears and I thought, oh my god. - Unrest 00:06
This is a sick immune system. Well she burst into tears and ...
You know? Poor thing. I'm such an idiot I mean I must've said this wrong. - Unrest 00:06
You know? Poor thing. I'm such an idiot I mean I must&#...
I should have broken it to her- well she was crying with joy. It was joyful tears - Unrest 00:12
I should have broken it to her- well she was crying with joy...
And I was telling her there was something terribly wrong with her - Unrest 00:11
And I was telling her there was something terribly wrong wit...
And I had about twenty-five patients and I did the same work up and there was a consistent look. - Unrest 00:07
And I had about twenty-five patients and I did the same work...
So we published a paper that said that there was a natural killer cell deficiency. - Unrest 00:07
So we published a paper that said that there was a natural k...
This illness appeared to be a form of an acquired immune deficiency. - Unrest 00:07
This illness appeared to be a form of an acquired immune def...
Now if you go back historically, you can see illnesses very similar to this called many different things. - Unrest 00:08
Now if you go back historically, you can see illnesses very ...
Over the last century, there have been roughly seventy outbreaks of a strikingly similar disease. - Unrest 00:09
Over the last century, there have been roughly seventy outbr...
In each case, often following an outbreak of a virus like Epstein Barr or coxsackie, - Unrest 00:13
In each case, often following an outbreak of a virus like Ep...
For a long time, it was seen as a new form of polio. - Unrest 00:06
For a long time, it was seen as a new form of polio.
And later, encephalomyelitis, which means inflammation of the brain and spinal cord - Unrest 00:13
And later, encephalomyelitis, which means inflammation of th...
A mystery disease has struck the town of Incline Village, Nevada. - Unrest 00:05
A mystery disease has struck the town of Incline Village, Ne...