100 endorsers, and more coming in by the minute, including heads of medical associations, global health heroes, AIDS activists, US People Living with HIV Caucus, and more: Dear Governor Cuomo: We write as professionals, activists, and public health researchers who have worked to combat AIDS and other infectious diseases in New York and around the world for over three decades. We have not forgotten how HIV/AIDS was at first largely ignored while it appeared to affect only marginalized communities or the stigma generated once fear of the virus took hold in the larger population. We have watched with growing concern as Ebola virus disease (EVD) was ignored far too long while confined to some of the poorest countries in the world, and how it has now led to hysteria here in the United States, based on only a very small number of cases. As you know, stigma remains our biggest enemy in fighting AIDS and could quickly become the biggest barrier in combatting EVD. Therefore, we implore you to withdraw the mandatory quarantine requirement for all people entering the United States through Newark Liberty International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport who have had direct contact with individuals with EVD in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:26:55 +0000
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