Thread by @LizHighleyman

And now, the Future of #HIV Media Coverage -- plus COVID & I won't be surprised if they mention #monkeypox. With @picardonhealth, @sciencecohen, @sarahboseley, @boosulyn, @SipokaziF, @apoorva_nyc, @rkhamsi & @ProfSharonLewin #AIDS2022

.@sciencecohen: There used to be AIDS journalists, that's rare now. With COVID, every reporter became a health reporter. Public more informed about science than ever before. But, adds @picardonhealth, they're more misinformed as well. #AIDS2022

How to balance COVID -- & now monkeypox -- with ongoing issues like #HIV/#AIDS?
@apoorva_nyc: When people stop seeing a disease as a threat to themselves, they don’t pay attention anymore. How do we get people to care about something that affects a specific population? #AIDS2022

.@rkhamsi: HIV taught us how much we didn’t know & COVID is doing the same thing. Journalists may not have all the questions & experts might not have all the answers. #AIDS2022

#HIV cure researcher @ProfSharonLewin: Interest & knowledge in science has exploded with COVID, which is an opportunity for HIV. But when commenting on COVID, felt pushed to go beyond science & make policy statements. #AIDS2022

.@sciencecohen: Early on in #HIV/#AIDS pandemic, the problem is there were no tools. Now there are tools, but everyone isn’t getting them -- & there are different reasons for that in every country. #AIDS2022

.@ProfSharonLewin: Journalists often don't understand that for scientists, the smallest incremental advance is their life's work. #AIDS2022

.@sarahboseley (who I'm glad to see joins me in the comfortable shoes club): People say they want good news, but that’s not what gets read. (Ain't it the truth!) #AIDS2022

.@sciencecohen: Whole generations of young people are still interested in stories we've already covered. Old stories aren’t necessarily old to new audience.

What's your dream #HIV/#AIDS story? @rkhamsi: cure that’s accessible & cheap for everyone. @sciencecohen: safe & effective HIV vaccine. @apoorva_nyc: once-a-year PrEP. @ProfSharonLewin: breakthrough in HIV that has applications across medicine. #AIDS2022

.@apoorva_nyc noted that in the beginning, a panel of AIDS reporters would not have been largely women of color. Same with @aidsmap. Many years I've been the only woman reporting for them, but this year we have a diverse range of young woman on the team.

I had the same thought...

https://twitter.com/Matthew_Hodson/status/1553457451726413825