Burks says that after she cared for a dying AIDS patient at University Hospital,
she started getting phone calls and people started asking for her help. She said
that people would tell patients to go to her. They would say, 'Just go to her. Don't come to me.
Here's the name and number. Go.'
Burks said that she would always make a last effort to reach the patients families, but she was always left with the same answer. She describes this situation when she says, "They hung up on me. They cussed me out. They prayed like I was a demon on the phone and they had to get me off — prayed while they were on the phone. Just crazy. Just ridiculous."
When people asked her why and how she wasn’t afraid, Burks responded, "I have no idea. The thought of being afraid never occurred to me until after I was already deep into the AIDS crisis. I just asked God, 'If this is what you want me to do, just please don't let me or my daughter get it.' And He didn't."
Burks said that she would always make a last effort to reach the patients families, but she was always left with the same answer. She describes this situation when she says, "They hung up on me. They cussed me out. They prayed like I was a demon on the phone and they had to get me off — prayed while they were on the phone. Just crazy. Just ridiculous."
When people asked her why and how she wasn’t afraid, Burks responded, "I have no idea. The thought of being afraid never occurred to me until after I was already deep into the AIDS crisis. I just asked God, 'If this is what you want me to do, just please don't let me or my daughter get it.' And He didn't."
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