Unspeakable

Do I have AIDS?

Why would you even ask that?

Carson said he wasn't allowed to hang out with me anymore.

You're part of the problem.

You're not doing your job anymore.

You quit?

Sometimes...

you can't fix the system from within.

How do you know you have AIDS?

Why do you care?

I'm gay.

This is all your fault!

You're the one who let all this happen to me!

People's lives are at stake here! His life

is at stake.

My... my son's life is at stake.

I think we're being more than fair.

We're all very concerned for you.

We definitely have a fight on our hands.

I'm about to publish.

More than 50% of Canadian hemophiliacs

are HIV-positive.

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Roger!

- Book an appointment, Will. - Yeah, I tried.

The CDC just confirmed

that heat-treating kills HIV in blood concentrates.

I'm aware.

Well, we have to switch.

You know it's not that simple.

Your office published an article in the last society newsletter

claiming there's no proof heat-treating works.

It's in our blood supply!

You have to act now!

I don't care what you're up against, Roger.

People are going to die! Do you hear me?

People are gonna die! Okay? People are gonna die!

What was wrong with that one?

Had a bruise on it.

More green, please.

More green it is.

Wait right here.

Rachel, hi.

I've been meaning to call you.

Ryan came home pretty upset the other day

after Carson said they can't be friends anymore.

My sister lives in Florida.

Hemophiliacs down there are getting AIDS

from the blood they take.

It's on the news.

Ryan shouldn't be playing with the other kids.

I shouldn't have to tell you

to keep him at home.

Even if Ryan had AIDS,

you can't get it from casual contact.

- But he doesn't have it. - How do you know?

Do you have proof?

It said on the news,

even if you're not sick, you can still pass it on.

The news is being sensational.

I'm not an idiot.

People are dying.

Not just gay people.

It can be spread through saliva and blood.

Kids share food,

boys get rough sometimes.

Ryan's pretty responsible.

You've got some nerve,

only thinking of your kid's feelings?

Not taking my son's life...

other people into account?

What is wrong with you?

He shouldn't be here, touching things like that.

Excuse me!

Excuse me, I think you should know

there's a tall brunette woman here

with her son over by the produce.

He has a contagious disease,

and he's touching the fruit.

Let's get out of here.

You can give me that. Thanks.

It needs sorting.

Donations from the dead?

Yes.

You don't have to.

I'm sure there's something else

you'd rather be doing with your weekend.

They have an HIV test in the States now.

We should push for it here.

Mm.

People are already losing health insurance

over T-cell results.

That test is just gonna lead

to a lot more discrimination.

Have you heard anything about research?

For a cure?

Mm, we're lobbying for funding,

but the government isn't even putting money into education.

We could certainly use someone

who could put out a regular newsletter.

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Dr. Tsoukas will be monitoring your T-cells,

but he's also now got a test for HIV antibodies.

Can Marta get tested too?

We haven't had any cases of wives being infected so far.

Well, that we know, but in the U.S...

We're actively recommending

all our patients practice safe sex for now.

We practice all the time.

I was, uh,

gonna go with "practice makes perfect,"

but, you know, it's such a cliché.

And completely untrue.

Paul Kirpatrick's ready for you.

He's signed up for the Couples Study.

Jonah Menehgi died this morning.

I just saw him.

He was fine.

He was in here a few weeks ago,

and he was healthy.

Cause of death is being listed

as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

Close the door.

What are you... ?

Shut up, dumb-ass.

Jesus, dude.

I thought you didn't use that stuff.

Got a promotion.

Gotta make sure it's good product, don't I?

No. Uh-uh.

I get it.

This stuff gets a bad rap.

Pills take the edge off,

but it's all still there, right?

But I'm telling you, man, this makes everything just...

... go away.

What do you got to lose?

The Bureau of Biologics

is on two for you.

- _ - Wark.

How soon?

Okay, so I think we'll go with that...

Makes sense.

What's our inventory of concentrates?

We should have enough to take us through to April,

maybe May. Why?

Uh...

We got a week before the B.O.B.

directs the switch to heat-treated.

Are we supposed to just ask the provinces

to write off a five-month supply of the old stuff?

No. Not necessarily.

It's B.O.B. policy to maintain flexibility

with new regulatory requirements.

It's in our hands to work out

when the switch should take effect.

What do you think?

At this point, the switch probably won't

reduce the occurrence of HIV in hemophiliacs.

All the studies are showing the same thing...

most of them have already been exposed.

Ryan? Do you have the Krazy Glue?

Thank you.

What happened?

I'm... having a bad day.

I don't think Dad's gonna care that much.

I hate this thing.

He's gonna think I did it on purpose.

None of this is your fault, you know.

I thought everything was my fault.

I don't want you feeling sorry for me.

I don't.

It's not your fault I'm a hemophiliac.

You didn't choose for it to happen.

I knew it ran in my family.

I chose to have a child

knowing it was a possibility.

And if you didn't...

I wouldn't exist.

Well, I'm not saying I'd give you back...

most days.

Well, I wouldn't change anything.

Oh, don't be ridiculous.

I'm serious.

I hate that you and Dad worry so much.

Everything I've been through...

how I used to throw up

every time I needed a needle...

all the times I've been to the hospital

or been on crutches...

it's made me who I am.

If I could wave a magic wand, I would take it away.

And then I wouldn't be me.

You know, not having hemophilia doesn't mean

you'd have turned out stupid.

How do you know?

Or I could be a total asshole.

Like Carson's mom.

Hey, Norm.