Watch the movie, “And the Band Played On.” The movie explores the AIDS epidemic during the early 1980s.
You can rent this on Amazon, or use a free 30 day trial on Amazon Prime. There may be other places to watch for instance https://vimeo.com. Doing a Google search to find the movie provides many results. After watching this movie, answer the three following questions:
What were the lessons for how a society responds to a new emerging threat?
If a new disease arose again, do you think society would have similar responses?
Describe some of the ethical issues that the epidemiologists in the movie faced?
