"And The Band Played On" - What Went Wrong

In "And The Band Played On", scientists search for an explanation for a newfound disease, later to be called AIDS. They face many struggles with prejudice, finding solid evidence and definite proof, and attempting to show the political and bureaucratic systems that a serious disease is at hand so proper funding for research can be provided. The systems that are supposed to help people and prevent diseases from spreading fall apart. In the end, AIDS became a major source of fear and death, which could have been avoided if the correct measures were taken from the very beginning.
Prejudice…