ANNIVERSARIES are times for reflec tion, and this one should be no ex ception, for the 30-year history of aids is a mirror in which humanity can examine itself. From questionable scientists to philanthropic billionaires, people's actions against aids, and reactions to it, have shown up the best and worst that humans have to offer. Such dualism was there from the beginning, in the question of who dis covered the AIDS-causing virus. There were two claimants. One, Robert Gallo, is American. The other, Luc Montagnier, is French. Dr Gallo called his discovery HTLV-3. Dr Montagnier called his lav.
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