100,000 deaths. The contrast in reporting on Covid-19 and AIDS.

May 27, 2020 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, NEWS, US NEWS Comments Off on 100,000 deaths. The contrast in reporting on Covid-19 and AIDS.
The New York Times' 1991 article reporting on the 100,000 deaths of AIDS patients (Photo: twitter/@peterstaley)

The New York Times made an impact with a front page dominated by the “incalculable loss” of 100,000 people who have tragically died of coronavirus in the US.

The grim milestone puts the US far behind every other country in the…