If you think back, that was the attitude of the U.S. government in 1981-84: "We have only a few of these cases and they are mostly drug users and gay men. Therefore, we can ignore it." It was absolutely wrong.
在八○年代初期，美國只發現少數病例，而且患者都是吸毒者和同性戀，很多人於是覺得事不關己，結果證明大錯特錯。