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Woman recalls turmoil and scorn after HIV diagnosis on her journey to love, hope and marriage
Dec 2nd, 2022 | Category: GLEANER PREMIUM | 26:35#JamaicaGleaner #AIDS #HIV #WorldAIDSDay #Health #Healthcare #Status DECEMBER 2, 2022: In April 2006, Erica Wright-Silas came across Bashy Bus, a mobile clinic offering HIV/AIDS information, counselling and testing. “I didn’t have the slightest idea that something could possibly be wrong. I had no symptoms at all. I just took the test because it was available,” recalled the mother of two young children at the time. The test returned positive and she was advised to visit the clinic to do another test for confirmation, which showed that her viral load, the amount of HIV in a sample of blood, was in the eighties. She recalled that her first reaction was a laugh which left the nurses in shock.
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