#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/
HIV and AIDS are not the same thing.
HIV is a virus - the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. AIDS is a collection of illnesses caused when HIV weakens the immune system.
Little was known about #HIV during the time #ItsASin is set and many died of AIDS. That’s changed!
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HIV is a virus - the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. AIDS is a collection of illnesses caused when HIV weakens the immune system.
Little was known about #HIV during the time #ItsASin is set and many died of AIDS. That’s changed!
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Undetectable = Untransmittable #UequalsU
Treatment for HIV suppresses the virus to a point that it becomes undetectable. This means a person living w/HIV stays healthy and cannot pass on HIV through sex.
Treatments weren’t available when #ItsASin was set. That’s changed!
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Treatment for HIV suppresses the virus to a point that it becomes undetectable. This means a person living w/HIV stays healthy and cannot pass on HIV through sex.
Treatments weren’t available when #ItsASin was set. That’s changed!
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#PrEP
PrEP is a pill taken by HIV negative folk before and after sex to prevent HIV. It’s free in Ireland and available in most sexual health services. A game-changer when it comes to ending HIV.
Prevention options during the time of #ItsASin were limited. That’s changed!
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PrEP is a pill taken by HIV negative folk before and after sex to prevent HIV. It’s free in Ireland and available in most sexual health services. A game-changer when it comes to ending HIV.
Prevention options during the time of #ItsASin were limited. That’s changed!
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Getting Tested
Knowing your HIV status is only ever a good thing. You can get a result in <1min & whether it’s positive or negative there’s options to keep you healthy.
The #ItsASin guys wait weeks for a result & if it was positive the outlook was bleak. That’s changed!
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Knowing your HIV status is only ever a good thing. You can get a result in <1min & whether it’s positive or negative there’s options to keep you healthy.
The #ItsASin guys wait weeks for a result & if it was positive the outlook was bleak. That’s changed!
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Stigma & Discrimination
Despite huge advancements in HIV treatment and prevention and the great social progress made in Ireland since the time #ItsASin is set - stigma and discrimination continues to be experienced by people living with HIV.
This needs to change!
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Despite huge advancements in HIV treatment and prevention and the great social progress made in Ireland since the time #ItsASin is set - stigma and discrimination continues to be experienced by people living with HIV.
This needs to change!
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HIV affects many people.
HIV is part of the lives of women, black people, communities of colour, trans folk, sex workers and more.
#ItsASin is a singular narrative centering on the impact of AIDS on mostly cis white gay men in London. An important story - not the only one.
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HIV is part of the lives of women, black people, communities of colour, trans folk, sex workers and more.
#ItsASin is a singular narrative centering on the impact of AIDS on mostly cis white gay men in London. An important story - not the only one.
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After watching #ItsASin if you need support, information, testing -
Check our contact details at
🌐 hivireland.ie / mpower.hivireland.ie
Remember, #HIV has changed but there’s still work to do.
You can support us @HIVIreland by donating at hivireland.ie/donate
Check our contact details at
🌐 hivireland.ie / mpower.hivireland.ie
Remember, #HIV has changed but there’s still work to do.
You can support us @HIVIreland by donating at hivireland.ie/donate
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