I was transferred to the laboratory, sitting in front of the sterile box every day, and mechanically inoculating samples on the agar medium with a wire loop. Sometimes I can draw 100 mediums in a row in a morning. When I finish my hand soreness, I want to quickly escape the medium and countless bacteria that are stacked in small towers. I usually use the words "Teacher, I will help you to get it from the clinic." "Sample" is an excuse to sneak out to play for a while and look at the blue sky and white clouds on the way to and from the clinic.
There was only one bottle of blood sample that day, with the information of the sender and a simple questionnaire outside. I took the crimson test tube and trot all the way back to the laboratory. When I went up the stairs, I glanced at the piece of paper that was wrapped around my eyes, and wrote "STD" in a black ink pen. I was alert and found that I was not wearing gloves, and then quickly changed my fingers to what I thought was a "safe position" outside the test tube. Then tilted his head and read the entire questionnaire.
"Gender"
- Male
"Marital status"
- Married
"How many extramarital sex activities have occurred in the last three months?"
- 4 times
"How many unprotected extramarital sex activities have occurred in the last week? "
- Once
I thought to myself, such a man is just fine with AIDS.
Focusing on the theme of "AIDS" on Friday night, I went to watch "Dallas Buyers Club", and I first sighed about the 30 pounds that Matthew lost to play AIDS patients, and the lunatic Jedry couldn't get out of it. plot. The protagonist Ronf is an ordinary electrician in Dallas ranch. He lives in cheap prefabricated houses around the ranch. He drinks, takes drugs, recruits prostitutes, or occasionally plays bullfights and women, and provokes police from time to time.
Suddenly, he was diagnosed with AIDS, and the doctor told him that his life was only 30 days to be unrestrained. After reading the library materials, he remembered his unprotected sex a while ago. After letting out a roar of regret, he still lived a life of a ruffian, drinking and taking drugs. Once he was at home and watched his friends chatting with each other. The two girls Fengyue looked back and found that they were getting closer and closer to the time of death circled on the calendar.
He returned to the hospital and found the female doctor who was involved in the diagnosis and asked for treatment. But at that time (1985), the drug AZT, which can be used to treat AIDS in the United States, was still in clinical trials. The subject cannot decide whether to join the experimental group or the placebo group, not to mention the possibility of failure of the drug trial. If Ron only gets the placebo, the outcome is death. Ron failed to join the AZT drug trial, but bought the Mexican-born nurse and got the AZT pills that were discarded by the hospital. After eating for a few days, my condition did not improve at all. Following the advice of the nurse brother, Ron went to Mexico to find a doctor whose license was revoked by the United States. The doctor’s reputation is that through his own experiments, he developed a cocktail therapy similar to the original cocktail that was later promoted by Chinese scientist He Dayi, and successfully prolonged the survival time of many AIDS patients. He is well-known in the local area. After Ron tried it himself, he broke the doctor's prediction that he had "only 30 days left". This simple Texas cowboy thinks that good prescriptions should be shared by everyone, plus, anti-AIDS drugs are also a good business opportunity. He shipped the drugs back to the United States from Mexico in boxes, and started selling drugs with Ramon, a transvestite gay. In Ron's club, after paying $400 a month, you can get a cocktail drug that has been modified by Ron. Here is a story. Sister Hong told me a bedtime story: in the year when she was studying in Beijing in the late 1980s, the hospital would organize case discussions every once in a while, and the chief doctor would give questions and study and study. The doctor’s diagnostic ability. Once the director came out with a difficult case. Based on the description of the condition and background information, some groups concluded that it was pneumonia, and some said it was a blood disease. In short, none of the groups gave the answer that the director wanted. The final answer was revealed, this patient is the first case of AIDS discovered in official Chinese reports, a doctor who has recently returned to China. In the United States, the late 1980s was also the stage when AIDS began to rise sharply. Because Ron's medicine was indeed effective, the office of the "buyers club" moved from a simple motel to a villa, which was provided by two customers for free. It seems that no one wants to wait for death.
If this story were only made into a science and education film about AIDS, it would be too wasteful.
The drugs Ron sells can only be smuggled from Mexico, or illegally brought into the United States after prescriptions by doctors from places such as Japan. As the reputation of the "buying club" gradually increased, Ron also got into trouble with the government. At the same time, AIDS patients who received a placebo in the AZT trial began to die. Their families believed that the trial planner's behavior was unethical and unfair to the dead patients, and began a large-scale demonstration. Coupled with the sensitivity of high-incidence groups of AIDS-male homosexuals, AIDS has evolved from a biomedical problem to a social moral problem. It is no wonder that in the undergraduate course, the professor of epidemiology asked on the podium why the government has focused more on "treating" AIDS from a sociological perspective over the years. In the final analysis, this is still treating the society.
Finally, AZT passed the FDA certification. Ron with a bottle suddenly broke into AZT's press conference in Dallas and interrupted the CDC representative's speech. The appearance of this scene turned the film into a good show of confrontation between the people and the government. Watching Ron chanting in the hall, why don't you believe my research. I suddenly felt that everyone can do scientific research. Using Ron’s drug purchase records, you can make a good survival analysis paper, publish an article with an impact factor of 10 or more, and then...and then...change the decision-maker's thinking?
This semester was selected an environmental and occpuational health policy. The first assignment was about whether to restrict certain substances in tap water. The government, enterprises, research institutions, and the people had a heated discussion. The representatives of each party in the material are smiling, but each party stands in its own position and defends it for our benefit. Just like a killing game, the government has to protect civilians, but also conceal its intention to get votes; the water company is not happy because the interests of the civilians are not as important as their own; the civilians are also unhappy, because after restricting this substance , The cost of tap water will increase, and the price of water will also increase. What I don't understand is, what is the position of scientific research institutions in this game? I sent an email to a professor with Harvard IQ, and replied that it depends on who is funding, and it also depends on the scientist's personal position. From this movie, the hospital is also in the position of a research institute in drug trials. The female doctor wanted to help Ron by promoting his homemade formula, but was fired. However, if hospital leaders contact the pharmaceutical company to conduct research on Ron's drug, perhaps the first legal anti-AIDS drug in the US FDA will become Ron's CBT. In this dilemma between biomedicine and social ethics, a slight change in the thoughts of the supporting actors in several films can rewrite the history of human resistance to AIDS.
In the early 1980s, a strange disease quietly spread among gay men in California. An investigation team composed of several scientists began to investigate the cause of this strange disease. The team carefully analyzed the routes of transmission and susceptible populations, as well as the sources of infection that could not be traced. Then there was "Human Acquired Immune Syndrome", "AIDS", "AIDS Epidemiology", and "And the band play on" is a novel and movie based on the survey that year; and in the elevator of Emory School of Public Health, I met Dean James Curran who would greet everyone in turn, a member of the survey team that year. .
I once did a stupid thing on the reception of the entrance ceremony. After talking with Dean Curran under high tension, the classmates flocked up to ask questions, take photos, and sign autographs. I stepped back and turned around to see a tall old professor standing alone in the middle of the hall with a glass of red wine. I went up to say hello. Perhaps Dean. Curran just introduced research on AIDS, and after introducing himself, the professor talked about the AIDS vaccine being developed in the laboratory on the 6th floor downstairs. I said that in fact, I have always had doubts about the AIDS vaccine. The professor motioned to me to talk and listen. Then I asked the question that didn't grab the right to ask questions at the Anyi Lao Wu Report: Why is AIDS clearly a social problem, and it is necessary to control the spread by improving the social atmosphere. And we are now making vaccines that may encourage unhealthy practices?
The professor frowned, put down the wine glass and said: Do you know how much we invest in AIDS drug treatment every year?
I was not very good at expressing the number of "10 million" in English at the time. I was embarrassed to say "one and...seven zero?" The
professor curled his lips and said, far more than this number, put your thoughts away , You must know that all behaviors to protect human health should be promoted.
The film's supporting actor Raymond has also received a lot of praise. After experiencing "Mr. Nobody" and "Requiem of Dreams", I really want to see Jared as a normal person. Like most ordinary people, Ron changed his views on homosexuality and nymphs in the process of working with him. I checked Weibo a few days ago and saw that "same-sex marriage" appeared in a hot topic. I wanted to post it, but I didn't know what to say when I looked at the dialog box. China may still have a long way to go if it wants legal same-sex marriage. After all, even the United States has only some states that have opened gay registration. It was fun to see a gay friend post on Facebook before going home. Some people say that supporting gay marriage will encourage more people to become gay, which is not conducive to social stability. She replied:
"Then the "Protection of the Disabled" is to encourage everyone to become disabled?"
Once I asked my roommate about "why homosexuality is not conducive to social stability?" Sister Amy answered my doubts for many years: "Because the relationship with no blessings can easily collapse. I have to keep looking for new sustenance. It seems to be the case. Being romantic is actually helpless.” This also explains why AIDS is prevalent among gay men. Looking around, there are a lot of homosexuals around. They are kind-hearted and work hard. Their feelings should be protected. In four-fifths of the movie, Raymond died, and his death was painful, but at least, his little gay partner was with him. Seeing his nostalgia for life when he was dead and the painful recounting of the death of his relatives by his gay friends a few days ago, I thought of how to post the "same-sex marriage" Weibo topic: "If one day you suddenly get sick, I You can sign your "family consent form"; if someone who loves us wants to leave one day, he can also feel at ease to see that I have been held tightly by you."
This movie shows many problems in society. AIDS, absenteeism, poverty, drugs, alcoholism, prostitution, medical treatment, policy...So after reading it, it is difficult to analyze the main theme. Maybe you can borrow the professor's sentence, as long as it is for thought-provoking, it should be promoted.
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