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By Eleanorgreen29
On July 10, 2019
Bell Ringer: 1988 AIDS Protest at the FDA
Planning the AIDS Protest at the FDA
On October 11, 1988, AIDS activists occupied the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, to protest for improved treatment and care. Peter Staley of ACT UP and Ann Northrop of Gay USA discussed the causes and planning on the 30th anniversary of the protest.
Description
On October 11, 1988, AIDS activists from ACT UP occupied the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, to protest for improved treatment and care. As a result, the FDA changed their clinical trial protocols, which lead to faster access to new medications. Two AIDS activists discussed the causes and impacts of this protest on the 30th anniversary of the protest.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What were some of the issues AIDS activists and patients had with the FDA in the 1980's?
- What was the strategy of ACT UP to gain attention for this issue?
- What happened to public opinion as a result of the FDA protest? What are some of the reasons for that change?
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- A I D S
- Activist
- Bureaucracy
- Buyers Club
- Food And Drug Administration
- Homophobia
- L G B T
- Placebo
- Protest