Myron Gold, 63, remembers the day in 1993 when he was told he had six months to live because he had been diagnosed with AIDS. “When you said that in ’93, you emptied the whole emergency room. Everyone ran for their lives.” Fifteen years later, he is alive and an active advocate for people with AIDS and for stronger prevention efforts. Relying on his electric scooter to go to advocacy meetings and speaking events, Gold is proud he has outlived his initial diagnosis: “My work is what feeds me now. Call me in 10 years, I'll still be here.”
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