Authors Jonathan Ashworth 😷💙
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1. Last night I finished #ItsASin @russelldavies63, the director, amazing cast have given us a beautiful gift with #ItsASin. The 80s music, the politics, the friendship. Perfect. Fun but also serious. By episode 3 (no spoilers) I was in bits. Tears continued until the end #La
2. I’ve never worried sex could result in a death sentence. Even as the child of an alcoholic, have never had that sense of loneliness, nor fear of dying alone. Nor had my life stigmatised. While HIV can affect everyone, #ItsASin demonstrates why it lives in the LGBT experience
3. Thankfully the HIV/AIDS of the #ItsASin period is very different to HIV today – it is not a death sentence, those diagnosed early have normal life expectancy, those on treatment CANT PASS IT ON, and we have a HIV prevention drug #PrEP to help people stay negative.
4. It is now possible to end new cases of HIV in the UK. My Welsh colleague @vaughangething was the first UK health secretary to make it government policy, England and Scotland have followed his lead. We must turn this possibility and policy into reality #0HIVby30
5. A Labour government led by @Keir_Starmer will meet his goal, in fact we want to be first country to make this happen. We have a blue print – the @THTorguk @NAT_AIDS_Trust @ejaf HIV Commission – that we would implement and resource
2. I’ve never worried sex could result in a death sentence. Even as the child of an alcoholic, have never had that sense of loneliness, nor fear of dying alone. Nor had my life stigmatised. While HIV can affect everyone, #ItsASin demonstrates why it lives in the LGBT experience
3. Thankfully the HIV/AIDS of the #ItsASin period is very different to HIV today – it is not a death sentence, those diagnosed early have normal life expectancy, those on treatment CANT PASS IT ON, and we have a HIV prevention drug #PrEP to help people stay negative.
4. It is now possible to end new cases of HIV in the UK. My Welsh colleague @vaughangething was the first UK health secretary to make it government policy, England and Scotland have followed his lead. We must turn this possibility and policy into reality #0HIVby30
5. A Labour government led by @Keir_Starmer will meet his goal, in fact we want to be first country to make this happen. We have a blue print – the @THTorguk @NAT_AIDS_Trust @ejaf HIV Commission – that we would implement and resource
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing stopping progress but political will. We have 10 years, but not a minute to wait.\u201d
— Terrence Higgins Trust (@THTorguk) December 1, 2020
Thank you @Keir_Starmer for committing @UKLabour to ending new cases of HIV by 2030. #0HIVby30 pic.twitter.com/Au0LS8vJ6s