Thanks to Nancy Reagan vilifying AIDS victims, telling everyone that "even breathing the air around a gay person puts you at risk," medical research and funding were delayed for more than a decade. Without her damage, it's possible doctors would have gotten further, and Mercury would be alive today.
Back when it was a death sentence I got tested at a public service test site. Hetero but I wanted to be sure. The guy in patient room next door got a different result than my negative. The walls were far too thin. That memory haunts me today 40 odd years later.
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So .. in that spirit I’ll offer a correction on the dates: The Great Freddie Mercury died on Nov 24 1991.
Beyond that - 100% agree !