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2023-07-05 20:26:21 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The myth that Gaetan Dugas, a Canadian flight attendant, was responsible for spreading AIDS in the United States was conclusively debunked through scientific research in 2016. https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/27/health/hiv-gaetan-dugas-patient-zero/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/health/hiv-patient-zero-genetic-analysis.html https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/10/26/498876985/mystery-solved-how-hiv-came-to-the-u-s

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• The myth that Gaetan Dugas, a Canadian flight attendant, was responsible for spreading AIDS in the United States was conclusively debunked through scientific research in 2016. https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/27/health/hiv-gaetan-dugas-patient-zero/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/health/hiv-patient-zero-genetic-analysis.html https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/10/26/498876985/mystery-solved-how-hiv-came-to-the-u-s