| WETA TOWN MEETING: Living With AIDS | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 11372 |
| Catalog #: | 491308 | |
| Clip Number: | 491308-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 91-6424 | |
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| Year Shot: | 1989 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Diseases | |
| Description: | 21.08.20-Video segment on "John", a very sick AIDS patient. Shot of John in wheelchair, looking very gaunt and emaciated, on scene of the dedication of a new support and services agency for people with AIDS. John says that it's a mistake to equate HIV with doom. From his hospital bed, John discusses losing his job after getting sick, Shot of John's attorney in his discrimination suit against the bosses who fired him. Shot of John with family members in the hospital, his brother in law says that people without personal experience with AIDS aren't sensitive to the issues sometimes. John describes losing health insurance when he was fired and having to find medical assistance. His lawyer discusses John's rights under the COBRA law. Shot of patient (John) in a hospital, discussion of the prohibitive costs of AIDS treatments. John's brother in law and lawyer discuss why they are rejecting an offer to settle the case out of court. John says that he can find the will to take action rather than despair. 21.15.04-Insurance industry panelists discuss the laws in 37 states that ban screening for sexual orientation in offering insurance. Discussion of the costs of AIDS treatment. Discussion of workplace AIDS policies. A workplace AIDS expert says that only the largest companies typically have AIDS policies in writing, discusses fears of workplace transmission of AIDS. One lunatic fringe caller suggests that AIDS transmission or refusal among partners to practice safe sex should be a police matter [I'm sure if she thought twice before opening her mouth she'd realize the frightening possibility of having the cops monitor your sex life, but she didn't, and she's on TV, so I get to call her a moron]. A panelist points out that that would be Jesse Helms' solution. Further discussion of D.C. Public Health budget priorities, host provides phone numbers for AIDS service referrals, signs off. Closing credits with shots of Southeast D.C. high school students in a school classroom doing an informative rap about HIV and AIDS. It's actually some pretty good old-school beatboxing and rhymes. 21.27.52--OUT | |
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