joining us tonight, retired bay area tv journalist hank plant who covered the aids crisis in the 1980s and is following this current crisis within the gay community, hank, nice to he so you after so many years. remind me, remind our viewers here, how did we initially respond to the aids epidemic in the 1980s and is there any similarities to what we are seeing right now? >> it was a terrible response, raj. good to see you also. yeah, the government really was very silent about it. president reagan was in office. they didn't take it seriously and i think that there were a couple of reasons. one is aids was hitting two, very unpopular groups, gay men and intervenous drug users. i think that the government's lack of response on monkeypox is not for those reasons. i think it's because the government just dropped the ball and i think that a lot of people had covid burnout and didn't want to hear about yet another disease like this. >> what are the differences now? we talked about the 1980s now to the current state with the monkeypox?. asyou mention the similarity is this is hitting gay men m

. >> hank plant has a unique perspective on the monkeypox outbreak. he covered the a.i.d.s. crisis in the 80s and sees the differences between the government's response, but sees both as painfully slow. >> they had the vaccine. that is the biggest difference between now and a.i.d.s.,. >> the government does not have enough vaccines, leaving cities like san francisco in the lurch. >> to fight against the discrimination and hate, to focus on public health. >> at a press conference to announce the emergency, speaker after speaker maligned the federal and state response. >> we had an imminent window to prevent the spread of monkeypox in our community. now, we arrive at a public health state of emergency. >> he doesn't see it as intentional. >> do you think that's the reason for a slow government response? because there is some sort of stigma? >> i do think that was the case in the 80s. i don't think the biden administration operates that way. it was a different situation. a.i.d.s. was brought up in a press briefing in 1982 and the world laughed. we are not in that world today. i

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you are on with representative hank johnson. caller: thank you for taking my call. you can't define what a recession is. for me, i am in a depression because last thursday all the people on our plant floor was laid off. two, you just made the best case for why we need term limits in congress in congress and the senate. six years is more than enough time to do good or bad things. 20 years, people just come out of their filthy rich. thank you for taking my call. host: representative johnson? guest: any time a person loses their job it is a shock to their families. it is a shock to them and hurts. the good news is that this economy continues to produce new jobs and so i believe there are shortages in many employment categories throughout this country. he sounds like someone who was not going to lay down and play dead because he had a setback. i think that gentleman will get out and find another job. the unemployment rate is at historic lows in most states. there are situations where the private sector goes out of business. some business has to shutter its windows and d

you are on with representative hank johnson. caller: thank you for taking my call. you can't define what a recession is. for me, i am in a depression because last thursday all the people on our plant floor was laid off. two, you just made the best case for why we need term limits in congress in congress and the senate. six years is more than enough time to do good or bad things. 20 years, people just come out of their filthy rich. thank you for taking my call. host: representative johnson? guest: any time a person loses their job it is a shock to their families. it is a shock to them and hurts. the good news is that this economy continues to produce new jobs and so i believe there are shortages in many employment categories throughout this country. he sounds like someone who was not going to lay down and play dead because he had a setback. i think that gentleman will get out and find another job. the unemployment rate is at historic lows in most states. there are situations where the private sector goes out of business. some business has to shutter its windows and d