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1. What does #ZeroCOVID 2030 policy mean?
Three Zeros: Zero new cases, zero new deaths, zero stigma
COVID: same virus and pathogenesis as SARS
2030: workable policy goal. Essential to all effective policy.
First lesson of cognitive policy: Always Frame First. (AFF). Awesome AF.
Three Zeros: Zero new cases, zero new deaths, zero stigma
COVID: same virus and pathogenesis as SARS
2030: workable policy goal. Essential to all effective policy.
First lesson of cognitive policy: Always Frame First. (AFF). Awesome AF.
2. Lesson from the HIV pre-ART era, i.e. where we are on COVID-19: use the lessons of 40 years of HIV medicine. We literally have no time for anything but drug repurposing. People are decompensating; SARS is cruel in this very specific way. #UequalsU U=U=U
3. For details, kindly ask @dbdugger:
Much as I appreciate @TheOnion @RealCheckMarker, they shouldn't remain our only sources of reliable scientific analysis.
Billions of parents and kids deserve to learn how to protect themselves and organize for real public health policy. We won't reach ALL of them via our twitter handles, I'm afraid. theonion.com/teen-who-died-…
Keep infecting children with SARS-CoV every year or two - current **policy** is *1-2 times per year,* I hear? (erratic asterixes inserted to mark how insane this is) - and you will get precisely this result:
Marianne a 61 ans. Elle vit avec le VIH depuis 1987. Sasha, de son côté, a 30 ans. Il vit avec le VIH depuis 2014. Ils ne se connaissent pas et ne se sont jamais parlé et ils ont accepté de participer à un entretien croisé
#GenerationsPositives
#Remaides
seronet.info/article/genera…
#GenerationsPositives
#Remaides
seronet.info/article/genera…
Envie de participer à une prochaine édition de #GenerationsPositives pour #Remaides et @seronet? Il vous suffit d’écrire à la rédaction : flebreton@aides.org.
NB : pour donner plus d’incarnation à ces témoignage, nous privilégions les témoignages à visages découvert.
#UequalsU
NB : pour donner plus d’incarnation à ces témoignage, nous privilégions les témoignages à visages découvert.
#UequalsU
Quand on a lancé la rubrique #GenerationsPositives dans Remaides en juillet 2020, quelqu’un m’a dit que j’allais « galéré » pour trouver deux personnes séropositives à visages découverts par numéro. Deux ans et demi plus tard, 20 personnes ont accepté se de prêter au jeu.
The first #AIDS case in the UK was reported in December 1981.
Three years later there were just over 100 cases, almost all of them among gay and bisexual men; over 40 of them had died.
At this point there wasn’t even confidence that condoms offered protection.
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Three years later there were just over 100 cases, almost all of them among gay and bisexual men; over 40 of them had died.
At this point there wasn’t even confidence that condoms offered protection.
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It was the 1980s.
Margaret Thatcher’s Tory Government was in power.
Homophobia in the UK was deeply entrenched. Many felt that the deaths of queers was of no concern.
It was unclear when, or if, the Government would take action. 2/
Margaret Thatcher’s Tory Government was in power.
Homophobia in the UK was deeply entrenched. Many felt that the deaths of queers was of no concern.
It was unclear when, or if, the Government would take action. 2/
In 1987, with a still relatively small but significant number of cases observed among heterosexual people, the UK Government launched its first #AIDS campaign.
Billboards across the country proclaimed the message, ‘Don’t Die of Ignorance’. 3/
Billboards across the country proclaimed the message, ‘Don’t Die of Ignorance’. 3/
After 10+ yrs covering #HIV and 25+ yrs as a journalist, I'm taking a step back from the grind to do something I think is just as important. I will miss HIV coverage. And I have Things To Say about the way legacy journalism supports white supremacy/misogyny.
Especially the way science/health journalism falls into the two-sides myth and the way the threat of "bias" is used to uphold white supremacy/misogyny/trans/queerphobia and all the other -isms.
If you have recently been diagnosed with #HIV, please know these things.
Your life is not over.
You can still be healthy.
You can still have children. And grandchildren.
You can still have loving relationships and great, uninhibited sex (these may come hand in hand... or not).
Your life is not over.
You can still be healthy.
You can still have children. And grandchildren.
You can still have loving relationships and great, uninhibited sex (these may come hand in hand... or not).
When we are on effective treatment there is absolutely NO RISK of #HIV being passed on to our sex partners - even without condoms or PrEP.
So we can have great, fearless sex.
We call this Undetectable means Untransmittable or #UequalsU.
So we can have great, fearless sex.
We call this Undetectable means Untransmittable or #UequalsU.
“Women living with #HIV can have children just like anyone else. You can conceive naturally, you can give birth naturally and you can have HIV-negative babies.”
@sashaishere88 on being a mother.
HIV changed, tell everyone. #UequalsU
@sashaishere88 on being a mother.
HIV changed, tell everyone. #UequalsU
Yesterday I picked up my #HIV meds for the next 6 months.
I’ve been on treatment since 2003.
I now take 3 pills a day (some people take fewer).
These prevent me from getting ill.
They also mean I can’t pass HIV on during sex (#UequalsU).
HIV has changed. Tell everyone.
I’ve been on treatment since 2003.
I now take 3 pills a day (some people take fewer).
These prevent me from getting ill.
They also mean I can’t pass HIV on during sex (#UequalsU).
HIV has changed. Tell everyone.
#UequalsU stands for Undetectable means Untransmittable.
When #HIV is suppressed by treatment to undetectable levels there is NO RISK AT ALL of passing it on during sex.
How awesome is that?
HIV changed. Tell everyone.
When #HIV is suppressed by treatment to undetectable levels there is NO RISK AT ALL of passing it on during sex.
How awesome is that?
HIV changed. Tell everyone.
With access to effective treatment, people with #HIV should now live about as long as people who do not have HIV.
Pic: me, at 54, after 24 years living with diagnosed HIV - and 19 years on treatment, this week.
HIV changed. Tell everyone.
aidsmap.com/about-hiv/life…
Pic: me, at 54, after 24 years living with diagnosed HIV - and 19 years on treatment, this week.
HIV changed. Tell everyone.
aidsmap.com/about-hiv/life…
Fantastic women’s group Q&A at @Positively_UK tonight with lots of really important questions - so good that I’ll answer again here 1/x
Can I pass HIV on if I have a blip? If you have a one-off viral load <200 & are taking your HIV meds then you still won’t pass HIV on during sex. The cut off in #UequalsU studies was <200. But your clinic will want to check your viral load again to make sure it’s not going up 2/x
How do I know if there’s something wrong with my vagina? Watch out for change in discharge (colour, smell, thickness), itching, pain, or unusual bleeding. Any symptoms then call your local sexual health clinic - they’re still open and seeing patients 3/x
#ItsASin has shone an important light on HIV and AIDS over the last couple of weeks.
If you’re watching it tonight - please know so much has changed.
These are a couple of things I think are important to know.
A thread 🧵1/
If you’re watching it tonight - please know so much has changed.
These are a couple of things I think are important to know.
A thread 🧵1/
Starting my day of the #FastTrackScot is the "launch of the Scottish public attitudes to HIV report" with @markdiffley1 & @nathansparkling
Amazing to hear there were over 2000 responses to the survey!
And the fact that it was only completed in October is fantastic for keeping it up to date
And the fact that it was only completed in October is fantastic for keeping it up to date
First section was looking at awareness.
Over half the respondents initially said they thought they had good/very good knowledge of HIV.
Interesting to see the different percentages of people that believe different transmission methods of HIV.
Over half the respondents initially said they thought they had good/very good knowledge of HIV.
Interesting to see the different percentages of people that believe different transmission methods of HIV.
More than 100,000 people are living with HIV in the UK. It's not a death sentence and if you're undetectable it's untransmittable. We stand with all LGB people living with HIV, against stigma and misunderstanding. #WorldAIDSDay #UequalsU #CantPassItOn /1of4
Each of us will mark #WorldAIDSDay in our own way, whether that's fundraising, awareness raising, remembering loved ones we've lost, or treasuring loved ones who are living with HIV. #UequalsU #CantPassItOn /2of4
We've come a long way, but there is still work to do in breaking down stigma about HIV, in further developing treatments, and hopefully some day finding a vaccine or cure. #WorldAIDSDay /3of4
In contrast to #COVID19, there are powerful pharmaceutical interventions that can prevent HIV transmission: #PrEP is ~99% effective and #UequalsU is 100% effective.
So why has HIV incidence essentially flatlined in the U.S., and what does this mean for COVID19?
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So why has HIV incidence essentially flatlined in the U.S., and what does this mean for COVID19?
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Structural inequities ensure that HIV prevention strategies are used least by those most in need. That's why incidence is *increasing* in young Black gay and bi men while stable or declining in other groups.
The result: highly effective interventions, limited population impact.
The result: highly effective interventions, limited population impact.
We can't just put interventions out in the world and hope for the best — we have to address people's barriers to using them.
Unstable housing is a key barrier for HIV. So what happens when we provide housing assistance? HIV outcomes improve. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJ…
Unstable housing is a key barrier for HIV. So what happens when we provide housing assistance? HIV outcomes improve. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJ…
Some of my favourite photos about #WorldAIDSDay from around in Ireland yesterday. #ACTUPDublin members Davy and Robbie at @TheUSI #pinktraining18
An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar @campaignforleo takes a rapid #HIV test to help reduce stigma and encourage the public to get tested. Rapid test was carried out by @Adlers1 Co-ordinator of @KnowNowIE run by @HIV_Ireland
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.
I want to tell you about an amazing piece of theatre I saw last year. It's called #Rapids - written by @SeanieLove presented by @TalkShopTheatre - The piece explores instances of disclosure and the presence of stigma in the lives of men and women who are living with #HIV
The good news is that #Rapids is coming back in 2019 - RAPIDS National Tour kicks off Feb 2019 Venues BOOKING NOW @Droicheadarts @EverymanCork @projectarts @LimeTreeTheatre and more to be announced soon. #RapidsTour - It's a must see.
I was honored to be asked by @SeanieLove & @TalkShopTheatre to create the graphics for the poster. I got @hazelcoonagh to do the photography (cos she's amazing) - We photographed people who had fabric blowing over the faces, the idea that something is hidden.
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.
When I first heard that people living with HIV on effective treatment cannot pass on #HIV to sexual partners. I had trouble trying to get my head around it. Because it challenged the status quo and decades of beliefs I had about #HIV
I read up on the science behind the claim. In the PARTNER study, there were ZERO transmissions out of 58,000 condomless sex acts between people with HIV on effective treatment who had undetectable viral loads and their HIV negative partners. Undetectable equals Untransmittable
In the PARTNER 2, which was the extension of PARTNER and studied men who have sex with men, there were ZERO transmissions out of 77,000 condomless sex acts between people with HIV on effective treatment with undetectable viral loads and their HIV negative partners. #UequalsU
Good morning everyone. Time to get up and face this day ☔ - I see this poster when I wake up. It's a reminder that there's lots of work to be done. #EndHIVstigma #WAD2018
