James Finn
Aug 14, 2024

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It's funny how I still remember the numbers so well. Anything about 400 was pretty healthy. Between 400 and 200, trouble was approaching. Below 200 meant illness was almost certain to begin soon. Then when numbers dropped into the single digits, you started expecting a funeral. All this was a very long time ago, but it's so burned into my brain.

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James Finn
James Finn

Written by James Finn

James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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