Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)? 

Context:

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.

Hypothesis: there was no aids epidemic to teach us anything
Options are: (1). Yes (2). It's impossible to say (3). No