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AIDS IN WILLIAMSON, WEST VIRGINIA
november 16, 1987
Oprah in Williamson, West Virginia
They never thought AIDS would hit their small Appalachian town, but they were wrong. One man with AIDS jumped in a public swimming pool, and the town closed it down. Did they overreact or just use common sense?
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