rock hudson was on the cover of "people" magazine. they said now we're all at risk. you pick one closet case from hollywood and you focus on him. >> mreturned to los angeles in order to be in a familiar environment and to be cared for by his own physicians. >> you have money that the media spent getting that helicopter shot getting him on the gurney from paris, more than the feds spent on research at that point. >> he is in good spirits, happy to be home. >> suddenly we all new somebody dying of aids. suddenly there was a different degree of compassion and attention paid to this thing we did not understand. it was a game changer. >> do you think the identity of the early victims, speaking now of the groups that it is supposed to be limited to, the whole group, did that have anything to do with the pace of government taking action? >> can there be any doubt about it, aids has more publicity since rock hudson was declared an aids victim than the previous two years in my opinion. no doubt that the response of the federal government was lethargic, apathetic, grudging. the president of the united states, god bless him, has not yet mention