That wasn't the story at all.
We were told it could be spread simply through sex, and as it was presented, nearly randomly, almost depending on wind direction.
It took years before the homosexual and dirty needles angle was allowed in the news.
Really. The first name for the disease, before AIDS was adopted, was GRID. You may want to recall what that acronym meant.
Wrong. It was originally called GRID, gay-related immune deficiency.