'HIV DOES NOT HURT ME, STIGMA DOES' 🤍
On Good Friday, a person garbed in white from head to toe walks under the heat of the sun in Castillejos, Zambales, sending a message that it is stigma that brings down people with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), not the virus itself.
"I have HIV. But it doesn't hurt me. Stigma does!" read the placard they hold. | via Denise Fajardo-Austria via GMA Regional TV News
People living with HIV, tested early on, can get and keep an undetectable viral load by taking HIV medicine (called antiretroviral therapy or ART), given for free by the Department of Health.
Scientific consensus holds that having an undetectable viral load means you will not anymore transmit HIV to other people.
Most people who get treatment soon after their diagnosis and stay on it can live long, healthy lives, and expect to live as long as someone without HIV, according to the World Health Organization.
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@MikeeGulla Pag mini-trial kasi, delikado na naman ma question sa supreme court. I also hazard a guess that that is what Rufus Rodriguez is doing, pushing for cross-examination of witnesses. That's practically a trial already. Sabi sa consti, sa house ang impeachment, sa senate ang trial.
THE NEW HIV MEDICINE
Many people are hearing about a new HIV drug called lenacapavir. Some headlines call it a “game-changer,” while others are unsure what it really means.
This thread is what the public should understand about this medicine and why everyone is excited about it.
Continue in my comments below 👇🏾