There are people who live their lives in service to others, and then there’s Jeffrey Drew.For decades the Los Angeles-based casting director lived with HIV, managing the disease—like countless other people—with expensive but effective antiretroviral medications.
When the opportunity came about in 2019 to participate in a clinical trial of a potential HIV cure, Drew had every reason to say no: He was doing fine on his meds, and the experimental treatment could destroy his health.
Despite the risks, he said yes.“The treatment was so uncertain and new,” Drew tells Deadline. “I was certainly getting very ill for about a month.
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