Snapshot · 2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer
The original 'Patient O' label stood for 'Out of California' in early AIDS research, but was misread as the numeral zero, falsely branding Gaetan Dugas as the first person to have AIDS.
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Gaetan Dugas, an Air Canada flight attendant, became infamous as HIV Patient Zero — but the label started as a clerical misread. Researchers wrote 'Patient O' for 'Out of California,' and everyone read it as the number zero. The man who got the blame probably wasn't even the first person infected.
Gaetan Dugas, the Air Canada flight attendant known as Patient Zero, spread HIV across Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Jersey, and New York City.
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