AdvertisementSkepticism Of Science In A Pandemic Isn't New. It Helped Fuel The AIDS CrisisMay 23, 2021Ryan BenkNoel KingReena AdvanifacebookEmailDr. Lawrence Mass, who wrote the first article about AIDS in a U.S. publication, points to South Africa when reflecting on the legacy of AIDS denialism. The legacy, he says, is "the death — the preventable unnecessary deaths — of more of 330,000 people" there. (Elias Williams for NPR)