Selena Simmons-Duffin

It was that they were getting AIDS. I think it alarms a lot of people that the new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has espoused this theory that is long, long, long, long, long debunked. There is also a video clip of him making this connection between poppers and AIDS, a connection that just does not exist.

It was that they were getting AIDS. I think it alarms a lot of people that the new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has espoused this theory that is long, long, long, long, long debunked. There is also a video clip of him making this connection between poppers and AIDS, a connection that just does not exist.

It was that they were getting AIDS. I think it alarms a lot of people that the new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has espoused this theory that is long, long, long, long, long debunked. There is also a video clip of him making this connection between poppers and AIDS, a connection that just does not exist.

Again, to be clear, it's an undated video, but it started circulating on the Internet a couple of years ago.

Again, to be clear, it's an undated video, but it started circulating on the Internet a couple of years ago.

Again, to be clear, it's an undated video, but it started circulating on the Internet a couple of years ago.

Yeah, I mean, I think that's a good point that Kennedy isn't the only one with these views, but he now has enforcement power, right? He's in charge of all of the health agencies of the federal government. And HIV groups were really concerned when he was just even announced as the nominee because of these statements that he had made in the past.

Yeah, I mean, I think that's a good point that Kennedy isn't the only one with these views, but he now has enforcement power, right? He's in charge of all of the health agencies of the federal government. And HIV groups were really concerned when he was just even announced as the nominee because of these statements that he had made in the past.

Yeah, I mean, I think that's a good point that Kennedy isn't the only one with these views, but he now has enforcement power, right? He's in charge of all of the health agencies of the federal government. And HIV groups were really concerned when he was just even announced as the nominee because of these statements that he had made in the past.

There is some reporting that HIV prevention work at CDC is going to lose funding dramatically. And a lot of questions about how the global effort to reduce AIDS infections is going to look if the U.S., which has quite a high burden of HIV infections, is going to hold back from the prevention efforts that public health experts know actually does work.

There is some reporting that HIV prevention work at CDC is going to lose funding dramatically. And a lot of questions about how the global effort to reduce AIDS infections is going to look if the U.S., which has quite a high burden of HIV infections, is going to hold back from the prevention efforts that public health experts know actually does work.

There is some reporting that HIV prevention work at CDC is going to lose funding dramatically. And a lot of questions about how the global effort to reduce AIDS infections is going to look if the U.S., which has quite a high burden of HIV infections, is going to hold back from the prevention efforts that public health experts know actually does work.

I mean, in the first Trump administration, HIV was a bipartisan issue. I mean, you would hear people who really, really wanted to crack down on abortion and trans rights say, but HIV care, like we really care about HIV. I never really truly, totally understood why that was.

I mean, in the first Trump administration, HIV was a bipartisan issue. I mean, you would hear people who really, really wanted to crack down on abortion and trans rights say, but HIV care, like we really care about HIV. I never really truly, totally understood why that was.

I mean, in the first Trump administration, HIV was a bipartisan issue. I mean, you would hear people who really, really wanted to crack down on abortion and trans rights say, but HIV care, like we really care about HIV. I never really truly, totally understood why that was.

But I was curious to see if in the second Trump administration, HIV still had that bipartisan kind of acceptance halo around it. And I think there are starting to be some signs that the halo's gone and HIV could face the same fates as other health research and other prevention efforts that affect LGBTQ people.

But I was curious to see if in the second Trump administration, HIV still had that bipartisan kind of acceptance halo around it. And I think there are starting to be some signs that the halo's gone and HIV could face the same fates as other health research and other prevention efforts that affect LGBTQ people.

But I was curious to see if in the second Trump administration, HIV still had that bipartisan kind of acceptance halo around it. And I think there are starting to be some signs that the halo's gone and HIV could face the same fates as other health research and other prevention efforts that affect LGBTQ people.

The other thing is it affects, like, people's joy, you know, like, fun. You know, for people who are facing all of these kind of political threats that, like, at least you can have your joy, your community, your party, your fun, like, hanging on to that feels even more important. And so I think that that might be another reason why this story kind of took off. Thank you.

The other thing is it affects, like, people's joy, you know, like, fun. You know, for people who are facing all of these kind of political threats that, like, at least you can have your joy, your community, your party, your fun, like, hanging on to that feels even more important. And so I think that that might be another reason why this story kind of took off. Thank you.