When hysteria about AIDS first infected the media in early 1980s, those identified as ______ were all at the margins of society.
 
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 形容词词义辨析。feasible“可行的”;accessible“易接近的,可进入的”;vulnerable“易受伤害的”;attainable“可得到的”。将选项一一代入句中,可知vulnerable符合语境,句意为:在20世纪80年代初,当艾滋病的传闻首次在媒体大肆报道时,那些高危人群都生活在社会边缘。故答案为C。