10-03-2014, 06:03 AM
In the early days of HIV, doctors did wear hazmat suits, because they did not understand how it was transmitted. There was a lot of fear, as well as misinformation about aids in the 1980's:
In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, care was virtually nonexistent. Many patients
died in hospital emergency wards. Those who were admitted encountered terrified health
care workers and indifferent medical doctors who refused to touch them without wearing
HAZMAT “moon suits.”
http://hab.hrsa.gov/livinghistory/issues...ricans.pdf
In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, care was virtually nonexistent. Many patients
died in hospital emergency wards. Those who were admitted encountered terrified health
care workers and indifferent medical doctors who refused to touch them without wearing
HAZMAT “moon suits.”
http://hab.hrsa.gov/livinghistory/issues...ricans.pdf
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