Theresa Burns
Specialist HIV Nurse
If we don’t learn from those days how ignorance and fear, and misinformation can damage a whole community of normal, everyday folk, then we’ve learned nothing.
Watch filmIf we don’t learn from those days how ignorance and fear, and misinformation can damage a whole community of normal, everyday folk, then we’ve learned nothing.
Watch filmMy GP said, "There’s only one way to tell you this. You’ve got AIDS. You’ve probably got 5 years to live. If you’re in an accident, be careful with your blood. Don’t get pregnant."
Watch filmLittle did we know how long it would take before there were really effective medications and, at that point, we didn’t know how important continuing to take medication was.
Watch filmIn London by that time, the perception was that it affected only gay men, nothing to do with women.
Watch filmAnd I said to him: Is there anything that you want to do before you die? And he said: Yeah, I want to go back on a motorbike. And I said: OK, I can make that happen!
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