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If the USA listened to sex workers, less people would have died of COVID.

A thread about porn, empiricism, covid-19, religion, and censorship. πŸ‘‡
One of the first and most important lessons that you learn in the adult industry is the importance of TESTING.

Porn stars get tested for STDs every two weeks, and now many get tested for COVID multiple times per week.

A common misconception about porn stars is that they are β€œdirty”, and likely to have STDs.

The opposite is true.

Porn stars are far more worried about contracting STDs from civilians (non-industry people) than each other.

Civilians don’t get tested.

vice.com/en/article/yw9…
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Story Time: How I Contract #HIV
*Trigger Language Warnings*

It was a night in January 2007 and I was home on leave from the Navy after graduating from Boot Camp. Took 12 days of leave to visit family before reporting to my first duty station in Mississippi. (1)
So the 2 night prior to leaving I met this guy online, he was 30 and I was 18. He invited me over to his place to have sex; so I stopped & picked up condoms before arriving. Once I get there we talked before moving to the next thing. (2)
Everything was going okay and protection is being used. What happens next is when my life was changed. He whispers in my ear that he wants to take the condom off because it will feel better. I tell him "No thank you, I'm not interested in doing that." (3)
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Selamat Sejahtera kepada semua! hari ini kita akan membincangkan tentang HIV.

Siapa yang Berisiko untuk HIV?

HIV boleh menjejaskan sesiapa sahaja tanpa mengira orientasi seksual, kaum, etnik, jantina atau umur.
Bagaimanapun, kumpulan tertentu berisiko tinggi untuk HIV dan merit khusus kerana faktor risiko tertentu.
Adakah Risiko HIV Berbeza untuk Orang Berbeza?

Sesetengah kumpulan orang di Amerika Syarikat lebih cenderung untuk mendapat HIV daripada yang lain kerana banyak faktor, termasuk status pasangan seks mereka, tingkah laku risiko mereka, dan tempat mereka tinggal.
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πŸ’Š MARI BELAJAR UBAT HAART πŸ’Š

APA ITU HAART?
HAART atau Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Theray adalah rawatan terkini bagi mereka yg positive HIV

Ubat HAART boleh bantu panjangkan jangka hayat & improve hidup lebih sihat 😊
APA TERJADI JIKA SAYA TIDAK MENGAMBIL UBAT?

πŸ’Š Memudahkan HIV untuk menyerang sel-T anda
πŸ’Š Jumlah sel CD4 akan berkurangan
πŸ’Š Sistem daya tahan akan bertambah lemah
πŸ’Š Mudah terdedah kpd penyakit
πŸ’Š Jumlah viral load makin bertambah
APA ITU KANDUNGAN VIRUS - VIRAL LOAD?

Jumlah kandungan virus (viral load) menunjukkan jumlah HIV dlm darah

semakin tinggi viral load, semakin cepat sel CD4 dimusnahkan

Bila sel CD4 berkurangan, menyebabkan sistem daya tahan badan semakin lemah
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🧬 Mari belajar tentang HIV 🧬

APA ITU HIV?
HIV singkatan Human Immunodeficiency Virus atau Virus Kurang Daya Tahan Sakit

sama seperti virus-virus 🦠 menjangkiti manusia seperti selsema πŸ€’, SARS 😷 & lain2
ADAKAH HIV BOLEH BERJANGKIT DARI HAIWAN?

TIDAK, nama HIV sendiri merujuk kepada human immunodeficiency virus bukannya animal immunodeficiency virus 🧐
KENAPA HIV SUKAR DIUBATI?

HIV sejenis virus 🦠 amat bijak, mampu bersembunyi & membiak dgn cepat dlm sel-T manusia.

Oleh kerana sifat-sifat ini, sukar bagi saintins mencari penawar
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Even though Twitter polls are not scientific, here's what I learned from you this week. 58% of you knew that, people living with #HIV on effective treatment CAN'T pass on HIV to their sexual partner. That's impressive. #UequalsU
I've learned that, 75% of you have felt that alcohol and other drugs can impair your judgement when comes to #SaferSex decisions. That's understandable.
I've learned that the majority of you don't use condoms for Oral sex. This is not surprising. Picking up a bacterial STI from oral sex is lower risk compared to condomless vaginal or anal sex, but it can still happen. So #GetTested regularly.
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Thread: Earlier we talked about #UequalsU: the fact that someone on effective treatment can’t pass on #HIV to sexual partners. So why are people still contracting it? #WAD2018 #KnowYourStatus
Well to be on effective treatment, you have to know you have HIV. So, the answer is actually pretty simple: new transmissions occur because people don’t know their status.
We also know that it’s easier to transmit #HIV in the first months after you contract it. The amount of virus in the body is really high when you first contract HIV, but tends to go down over the first year for most people, meaning that it becomes harder to transmit the virus.
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The theme of #WorldAIDSDay this year is #KnowYourStatus - Which is good. However the reality in Ireland is, that due to lack of access, over capacity and underfunding, people who go to get a STI or #HIV test are frequently turned away.
Have you ever gone for an STI or HIV test and been turned away?
In 2017, @HIV_Ireland's testing services catered for 1,082 people. However, they had to turn away a further 384 people because they did not have the resources to provide a service to them. #KnowYourStatus #WAD2018
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