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KERA Nightwatch episode featuring Bill Nelson on issue of AIDS quarantines captions transcript

KERA Nightwatch episode featuring Bill Nelson on issue of AIDS quarantines

1986 KERA Nightwatch episode on the issue of AIDS quarantine legislation. Featured speakers are Bill Nelson, President of the Dallas Gay Alliance, and Ohio State Representative Don Gilmore, sponsor of the Quarantine Provision proposal legislation being introduced to the Ohio legislature. Gilmore speaks in support of quarantining AIDS victims to their home or their car, and considers AIDS a "social disease." Bill Nelson speaks against the quarantine and in support of education and further scientific research. Footage is included of Robert Bernstein, Texas Health Commissioner, asking the Board of Health to withdraw the proposed AIDS rule from consideration.
Date: 1986
Creator: KERA Dallas/Ft. Worth (Television station)
System: The UNT Digital Library