A Man Stopped Thousands of People Becoming HIV-Positive
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Re: A Man Stopped Thousands of People Becoming HIV-Positive
#2too bad these companies don't have an affiliate program.
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#3It's an inspiring story. I can't wait to see the movie adaptation.
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#4Great article. Go gays!!
A few things I'm curious about, though. Did anyone think it was weird that BuzzFeed was the only media organization granted entry to the meetings HIV organizations had to fight the NHS decision not to provide prep? And I wonder if Greg put ads on his site if it would help him cover his costs. The guy deserves some help. I see there's a donate button (HINT HINT EVERYONE), so that's nice. :)
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#5What a great guy and group of people.
I've emailed offering to help out if I can. Their costs of running the site should be zero to them, if I can help make that so then great.
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#6too bad these companies don't have an affiliate program. https://www.iwantprepnow.co.uk/buy-prep-now
I often use the same legal mechanism to buy modafinil, and have reached out to my supplier about affiliating. They don't do it either. I have to wonder if there's some kind of risk or law working against them.
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#7I'll second the call to donating:
https://www.iwantprepnow.co.uk/about-us-donate
> “I’m thinking, ‘You don’t know I have to walk sometimes because I can’t afford my Oyster [the London bus and tube pass]. You don’t know that I’m literally eating once a day because I’m so broke, and I’m sleeping on someone’s sofa because no one is going to pay me to do this,’” he says. “I am no different to how I was when I was a sex worker.”
Re: A Man Stopped Thousands of People Becoming HIV-Positive
#8too bad these companies don't have an affiliate program. https://www.iwantprepnow.co.uk/buy-prep-now
I often use the same legal mechanism to buy modafinil, and have reached out to my supplier about affiliating. They don't do it either. I have to wonder if there's some kind of risk or law working against them.
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Re: A Man Stopped Thousands of People Becoming HIV-Positive
#9too bad these companies don't have an affiliate program. https://www.iwantprepnow.co.uk/buy-prep-now
I often use the same legal mechanism to buy modafinil, and have reached out to my supplier about affiliating. They don't do it either. I have to wonder if there's some kind of risk or law working against them.
Isn't the sale and import of modafinil restricted? I would think that becoming an affiliate would introduce legal risk
Re: A Man Stopped Thousands of People Becoming HIV-Positive
#10I'm a 30-something gay dude on PREP. I primarily take it because I'm in a sero-discordant relationship with my boyfriend who is HIV+, but also as a safety precaution for when I was single and hooking up.
PREP has the potential to completely turn the tide on HIV infections. I live in a mid-sized midwestern city where between 10 and 25% of gay dudes in my dating pool are HIV+, many of them unknowingly and therefore continuing to spread it. There is a big push from the local public health department to get gay guys at risk of contracting HIV on PREP and it is starting to pay off.
PREP also is helping reduce the stigma of having HIV. Many people who are HIV+ live with a huge mental health burden of dealing with feeling like they are going to be rejected as a romantic partner because of their HIV status. With PREP as an option this helps reduce that burden. I'm not necessarily proud of this but I'm not sure if I would be dating my current boyfriend if PREP were not available because of the risk it could present to my health. He's an amazing guy and having this issue out of the way for us has been very helpful for us.
That's not to say that it doesn't have side effects and that it should be carefully considered but it really needs to be publicized more as a preventative treatment option in high risk populations.