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INTERVIEW ON NPR’s The Take Away: Tez on Aging with HIV (November 2021)
In the early days of HIV and AIDS, a positive diagnosis was a death sentence. During the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, on average, a patient died within 15 months of diagnosis.
Today, new antiretroviral therapies can make a HIV positive person's viral load undetectable, meaning that someone who is HIV positive cannot pass the infection to others. Advocates use the common term U=U (Undetectable = Untransmittable). These medications allow HIV survivors to live long, fulfilling lives, but those who have aged with the virus still struggle with the burden of loss and learning how to live for a future they were previously denied.
In this segment, we talk to Tez Anderson, a long-term survivor of HIV, activist and founder of the first and largest group in the world focused on long-term HIV survivors and older adults aging with HIV, Let's Kick ASS—AIDS Survivor Syndrome.
Change Lives. Give to Let’s Kick ASS. Invest In A Purpose-Driven Response That Includes Long-Term Survivors
It has been forty years since the mysterious virus now known as HIV entered our lives.
AIDS is not over, but with the right level of investment, it can be. We know how to diagnose and treat HIV. We know how to prevent new HIV infections. We know how to save lives.
But scaling up the HIV services that have been shown to work and keep people HIV-free and keep people living with HIV alive needs money, and commitment.
Let’s Kick ASS —AIDS Survivor Syndrome is a purpose-driven nonprofit, 501 (c)(3), empowering HIV Long-Term Survivors to thrive and age well with the virus since 2013.
We exist on the kindness and generosity of the community and our allies. If you are able please make a donation you can click the link below or send a check to:
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