The response to Covid has also been night-and-day compared to AIDS - e.g. Trump was - I would argue - criminally negligent and disrespectful to the victims, but

The response to Covid has also been night-and-day compared to AIDS - e.g. Trump was - I would argue - criminally negligent and disrespectful to the victims, but the Reagan admin were cracking jokes about it for example. https://www.vox.com/2015/12/1/9828348/ronald-reagan-hiv-aids https://www.vox.com/2015/12/1/9828348/ronald-reagan-hiv-aids PEPFAR is also one of the more important things the US has done, i.e. there are something like 20 million people alive today thanks to the program.