The first case of HIV infection in mainland China was discovered in 1985.

In 1985, the first case of AIDS was discovered in China when an expatriate traveling to China died soon after being admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital, where he was confirmed to have died of AIDS.

Research suggests that AIDS originated in Africa and was brought by immigrants to the U.S. On June 5, 1981, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report of five cases of AIDS in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly.

This was the first official record of AIDS in the world, and the disease was named "AIDS" in 1982. Soon after, the disease spread rapidly across all continents.

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The long incubation period of the disease and its incurable nature tends to heighten the generalized fear of the people. However, the fear of ignorance, the fear of "demonization" of AIDS, discrimination against AIDS patients, not only unnecessary, more should not.

Medical theory and practice has long confirmed that there are only three ways of spreading AIDS, and daily behavior such as shaking hands and hugging, talking to people with AIDS, and eating together will not infect them.

What's more, AIDS has nothing to do with occupation, status or literacy. As one volunteer said, "They are just like us, they are just sick." Putting aside stereotypes and approaching them, we will find that they also have a unique light and dignity of life.

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