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Alison Gertz: A Life Changed by AIDS by Tasos Christodoulidis is a document available to read on EtoBox.

1) Ali Gertz contracted HIV from a one-night encounter with an older man named Cort Brown in 1982 at age 16. She did not learn she had AIDS until 1988 when she was hospitalized with fever and diarrhea. 2) Gertz now works to educate others about AIDS, speaking at schools to warn young people about safe sex practices. She hopes to prevent others from contracting HIV unwittingly like she did. 3) Though Gertz continues to suffer health issues from AIDS like infections and weight loss, she finds purpose and st

Author

Tasos Christodoulidis

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EN