A new study from GLAAD and pharmaceutical giant Gilead reveals that many Americans are misinformed about HIV and how it spreads.
While HIV can only be transmitted through blood or sexual contact—and many people living with HIV are on effective treatment to have an undetectable viral load and therefore cannot spread the virus—the State of HIV Stigma study, which polled 2,506 adults from across the US, found that 59 percent believe it is “important to be careful around people living with HIV to avoid catching it.” Only 60 percent were aware that HIV could be treated at all.
Not only is misinformation surrounding HIV common, but so is stigma; 56 percent of non-LGBTQ respondents and 45 percent of LGBTQ respondents said they would be
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