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That Thing They Teach You About In Health Class Isn’t Nearly As Deadly As It Used To Be

Not so long ago, it seemed like AIDS was gonna take the whole world down — but the determined people in the documentary “How To Survive A Plague” decided that we weren’t going out like that. Find out what they did about it.

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Diana Nguyen

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Intrigued by “How To Survive A Plague“? Click here to watch it online (Hulu, Netflix, on demand — the options are endless!), and if you’d like to get involved with crushing AIDS for good or fighting for health care justice for survivors, click here. 

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