Choose from options: Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
the was no aids epidemic

The AIDS epidemic has taught us a great deal about what it means for an individual to have been abandoned by his family, then become a prominent artist, then be nursed to his death by his partner, or as the language has changed, his significant other, his long time companion, his partner, his spouse.
OPT:
(i) Yes.
(ii) It's impossible to say.
(iii) No.