The AIDS Memorial Quilt, at 48,000 panels, is so enormous that it is rarely on full public display. Visitors can now find all the panels online. (Photo by Jill/Blue Moonbeam Studio/Flickr)

The National AIDS Memorial kicked off the 23rd International AIDS Conference this week with the unveiling of the AIDSMemorial.org website, which features a virtual display of all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

The organization is also hosting a display of 80 panels of the quilt at the San Francisco and Oakland city halls. Both cities are hosts of this year’s conference, which is being conducted virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.