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In the midst of this pandemic, Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has died. Twenty-six years ago, an international assembly of people living with HIV/AIDS gathered by candlelight in his Cape Town church, where South African activists pointed to their new leader, President Nelson Mandela, as a reminder to never give up.
Life-saving medications came a year later, in 1996. Protease inhibitor development for HIV took 15 years; protease inhibitors for COVID-19 took two. Blessed be the faith leaders, advocates, medical workers, journalists, scientists, and caregivers who were too busy helping to abandon hope. Without them, where would we be now?
