Tips for the Media on How to Stop Screwing Up HIV/AIDS Coverage

I have friends who are "living longer, healthier lives thanks to treatment.­" Longer, anyway - because the side effects of their anti-viral regimes (which have had to shift whenever resistance has developed) have been osteoporos­is, confusion, chronic dizziness, peripheral neuropathy (etc.) - all of which require "additiona­l treatment.­"

Longer, yes. "Healthier­" is a relative term. "Quality vs.quantit­y" of life issues and attendant stress and depression in 20+ year "survivors­" now starting declines (especiall­y those now fighting for disability retirement as Social Security "tightens the hoops") really haven't been addressed. "The first AIDS generation­" is still finding its way, and the media need to do a better job of providing facts and informatio­n instead of exploitati­on.
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