In the 1980s, the Soviet Union and allies participated in a widespread disinformation campaign: disseminating the theory that HIV, which causes AIDS, had been manufactured by the United States.
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"A cycle of misinformation" is how Selvage describes it. Conspiracy theorists in America would cite KGB sources, and vice versa. "There's a history, a legacy of mistrust, that makes explanations like these all the more credible, all the more likely, and all the more believable," saysHe describes the onset of the epidemic as a time of confusion and fear among the general population and even medical professionals."People were trying their best to make sense of a condition that came out of nowhere and seemed to attack marginalized people. Gay men. Blacks and Latino men and women.