What are the key facts surrounding the aids crisis in 1983? choose three correct answers. aids was a disease only found in the gay community. dr. robert gallo discovered that a virus might be the cause of aids. over 2,300 people had died of aids up to 1983. aids was caused by eating raw fish or shellfish. american red cross recalled almost 6,000 units of plasma. ronald reagan denied money for more research into the cause of aids.