Yah Lah But #704: Living with HIV - Stigmas, Rejections & Why HIV is No Longer a Death Sentence
Calvin Tan was diagnosed HIV-positive at a time when the illness carried heavy stigma in Singapore. He shares the shock of his diagnosis, the rejection he faced, and the emotional toll of telling family and friends. Calvin also explains how modern treatment makes HIV a manageable condition, while stigma remains the bigger battle.
๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฎ ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ (๐ผ๐๐ผ)
๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐๐, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต. ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ:
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๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ (๐๐๐) โ ๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ (๐๐๐) โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.
๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ โ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ (๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต). ๐๐ฆ๐ตโ๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ-๐ถ๐ฑ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ฎ๐ข. ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
(00:00) Intro
(01:37) Understanding HIV and AIDS
(04:00) Calvin's Diagnosis and Reaction
(10:07) Anonymity and Initial Treatment
(17:16) Disclosure to Friends and Family
(30:29) Educational Efforts and Public Speaking
(37:26) Financial Struggles and Medication Costs
(40:08) Social Stigma and Personal Experiences
(49:51) Policy Impacts and Infectious Diseases Act
(54:42) Importance of HIV Testing
(59:35) Anonymous Testing Van
(01:04:15) One Shiok Thing
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