And The Band Played On - Quote: More Profitable For You

http://frgdr.com/blog/2008/03/14/and-band-played-on-film-quote-bad-medicine/

Dr. Don Francis: How many dead hemophiliacs do you need? How many people have to die to make it cost efficient for you people to do something about it? A hundred? A thousand? Give us a number so we won't annoy you again until the amount of money you begin spending on lawsuits makes it more profitable for you to save people then to kill them?

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• AIDS
• gay
• GRID
• 1993
• CDC
• Reagan
• HBO
• Matthew
• Modine

[TellitToMe100]

"How many people have to die and make it cost efficient for you people to do something about it? 100? 1000? Give us a number so we won't annoy you again until the amount of money you begin spending on losses makes it more profitable for you to save people than to kill them." This line cuts to the core of our healthcare values. Values stoked by our capitalistic ways. Healthcare is now on the horizon of our next meltdown.

[Eclectopia]

I'm 29--I saw this movie in my high school film class. I never forgot it. My classmates & I talked about it for weeks, and it even spurned some really thought-out reports. I remember our teacher taking heat 4 showing the movie. This was a cornerstone in my sexual education. I agree that it should be required viewing/reading.

[CaraGia13]

@Lee7676 Our gov't created this disease with Merck at the helm of 1st the vaccine in Africe for Smallpox and 2nd in CA for gay men giving the a "Hep B" Vaccine who didn't already have HIV.

Why is anyone surprised they didn't do anything? That was part of the plan. Let it play out first to see the damage. It's all part of the UN Agenda 21 Depopulation program going on. They test diseases to see the effectiveness in killing us and as a sideline, make profits from our illnesses. NO VACCINES!!

[CaraGia13]

@trojan1882 Tell us more, please!!

[CaraGia13]

@animefans24 Considrering that HIV/AIDS was created by Merck and injected through "vaccination" programs, I no longer have any faith in anything our gov't says is ok, especially anything mandated.

[PentagramSchematic]

@genemeyer408 high five! came here for the same reason haha.

[AnaSedai]

Was there ever a better commentary on the ignorance, arrogance, and idiocy that ran rampant during the worst days of the epidemic? "How many people have to die?" Well, for President Reagan to consider it a priority, 25,000. The more I think about it, the angrier I get. I was too young to understand what was going on until years after AIDS became a fact of life in America. It's almost inconceivable to me that there was a point when the damage could've been controlled, but wasn't. It's horrifying.

[travisdarko]

This is one of the best films of the 90's of any genre. The human story is compelling and the film is also a biological/political thriller as well. The ensemble cast, especially Matthew Modine, is incredible.

[momomoose]

I've been watching little bits here and there for my essay, and I'd really like to watch this whole thing after I'm done! It's a really interesting topic, and this particular scene is so powerful. For people who are interested, the documentary "The Age of AIDS" on PBS website is a really good watch! Powerful.

[genemeyer408]

Discordance Axis 'Eye Gag'

[animefans24]

I've watched this during my trip at the NSLC Health and Medicine Program and while watching this with lots of negative concerns from most of the audiences, I have to disagree with them. Since I am a sophomore and being interested in diseases, this has changed my thoughts on how HIV/AIDS were found out. It made me think real hard after watching the movie and even made me start research even more on epidemics than before. The movie is simply amazing and this is considered my number one film. ^^

[tranurse]

@kitty0756 exactly, people have forgotten that an entire generation of hemophiliacs were pretty much infected with aids. and the red cross, led by liddy dole at the time, didn't give a shit.