HIV In 2021

Mar 3, 2021 | Sex Positivity

No doubt you’ve used the word ‘pandemic’ more then you ever cared to recently and, while we’re just beginning to see the faintest rays of reprieve, we’ve no doubt got far to go. The good news however is that nearly 40 years after the first identified cases of HIV/AIDS, we may see more then one pandemic end in the coming months and years. Vi and I are joined this week by Cynthia McDonald, an HIV case manager, activists educator and advocate to learn more about the advancements in treatment and to update a deadly reputation that may have outlived it’s application, plus your calls! Catch the episode below live at 7p 3/4 and be sure to check back afterwards for some footNOTES!

HIV findings in DR Congo ‘give hope for cure’ from Yahoo! News

History Repeats Itself: COVID-19 Vaccine Inequities Echo HIV Crisis by Eyder Peralta for NPR

Lessons from AIDS for the COVID-19 Pandemic by William Haseltine for Scientific American

COVID-19 comes as a double blow to those living with HIV for UN Development Program

Global HIV/AIDS Overview from HIV.gov

Global HIV & AIDS statistics — 2020 fact sheet from UNAIDS

Facts About HIV: Life Expectancy and Long-Term Outlook from Healthline

Modern HIV drugs can add 10 years to life expectancy, study says by James Masters for CNN

‘Having HIV Doesn’t Stop Me From Being Happy’ by Lyubov Vorontsova for Medium

Living with HIV from International AIDS Society

Yes, the same life expectancy as HIV-negative people, but far fewer years in good health by Roger Pebody for AIDS Map

Why current drug therapies don’t restore the immune systems of some HIV patients by University of Helsinki for Medical XPress

 

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