Myles (Scott) Helfand

He/him. Exec editor at @TheBodyDotCom/@BodyProHIV, journalism-ing for HIV communities since aught-one. My personality type is Mets fan

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

I’m basically off this platform and have been for quite a while (I’m more likely to post in the future on Threads or Bluesky), but wanted to drop this into the feed just in case folks are still following me and can see this in their feeds. See you elsewhere!

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

We just published an article on TheBody about how some of the HIV community’s leading advocates are feeling, what they’re thinking about, and what messages they have for people living with HIV in the immediate wake of a Trump win: https://t.co/VCSBumLYN4

[Joseph Cherabie MD, MSc 🏳️‍🌈 (He/They) @JncherabieMD]

One of the most profound and meaningful interviews I’ve ever done with ⁦@juanmichaelii⁩ and ⁦@BodyPROHIV⁩ about HIV Criminalization. Please give it a listen!

What Clinicians Need to Know—And Do—About HIV Criminalization https://t.co/gQbbNABfMr

[Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan]

144-282: House rejected Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) amendment to the 2024 Transportation & Housing spending bill to eliminate funding for the federal HIV/AIDS housing assistance program. 71 Republicans joined all Democrats in voting No.

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

Anyway see you in another six months when some random thing pisses me off

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

No idea why THIS particular item triggered me given 1) I almost never post anymore and 2) nobody can see me post anyway b/c algorithm and 3) I've seen this narrative for years, but I really wish ppl would stop framing "trying to ignore the lunatic" as though it's some new trend

[Paul Farhi @farhip]

Trump promotes extrajudicial killing, “death” to nation’s top military officer, threatens judges and prosecutors. The news media yawns. Latest by me on “the banality of crazy,” starring @brianklaas, @JeffreyGoldberg, @SykesCharlie and @sbg1. https://t.co/i6RnOwz9RE

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

Does journalism have a higher standard to overcome that? Sure, in theory. But "journalism" today is not the type of journalism that generally prioritizes that level of self-awareness or confrontation with power

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

I am genuinely freaked out about how on-point this is for me

[Michael Girdley @girdley]

Do you work with a Gen X?

These 43-58 year-olds are so strange it presents golden opportunities.

Here are 10 mind hacks you can use with them:

(2nd episode of my video show, GirdleyWorld!)

[David Malebranche, MD, MPH @DMalebranche]

3/
Same principle applies with #HIV.

It's not "infected," "coinfected," "virally suppressed" to describe people. It's:

"A person living with HIV"
"Someone living with HIV and Hepatitis B"
"An individual living with HIV who is virally suppressed"

Language matters.
#IAS2023

[David Malebranche, MD, MPH @DMalebranche]

2/
He instructed us to say:

"A woman with asthma"
"A person with diabetes"
"An individual with sickle cell disease"

The year was 1995 and I never forgot him or that lesson.

Human beings are not personifications of diseases.

It dehumanizes and perpetuates stigma.

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

If you write or report at the intersection of culture and health (or know folks who do), come be a part of this upcoming series!

[Maria Elena Perez @_mariaeperez]

🚨Freelancers: @TheBody is looking for pitches for the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and its role in shaping the narrative around HIV. The due date for pitches is Monday, July 24, and my email is [email protected]. Here is a little thread on what we’re looking for (1/4):

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

I see photos like this in Getty all the time. Clinicians, this can't be what a meningococcal vaccine vial label actually looks like, can it?

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

Huh weird I wonder if headlines like "Biden Says" have anything to do with that

[ABC News Politics @ABCPolitics]

The economy is doing well. Americans just don’t believe it.

@FiveThirtyEight breaks it down: https://t.co/xCadnaRgPi

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

@juanmichaelii @BrendanLHarney @TheBodyDotCom @BodyPROHIV I'm down

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

@delsannio Bluerskyer

I’m not in Blue yet but yes we have a bevy of options at our disposal that are each run by extremely rich private citizens with questionable morals and ethics, it’s super

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

@delsannio If Twitter dies or I abandon it, your tweets will be one of the things I miss most

[Stella Safo, MD MPH @AmmahStarr]

It is not enough to react, we must act-- I write about actions we can take after SCOTUS' reversal of affirmative action last week in @BodyPROHIV.
https://t.co/ABqQJfIJQU
Thanks @juanmichaelii for this outlet!

[𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚒𝚡𝚒𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 🍉 @mathewrodriguez]

In June, Colorado activists held a conference to commemorate the 40th anni. of the Denver Principles and, for the first time since they were spoken in 1983, attendees heard audio of one of the 11 gay men reading them out loud for the first time https://t.co/tre64snwOy

[Myles (Scott) Helfand @myhelfy]

@kenyonfarrow JMP first or he will murder me