The writer Marina Vergueiro used social media this Sunday (1st) to remember a video of the actress Bruna Linzmeyer published four years ago, on December 1, 2020, to talk about the Red December. Watch below.
In the recording, Bruna reads a text by Marina herself in which the writer talks about living with HIV for years and having developed AIDS for two months and recovering.
“Seven years ago, I had AIDS for two months. I didn’t die, I’m still here. AIDS, no, it leaked, evaporated and disappeared. AIDS is a thing of my past, since I became undetectable. HIV survived, just like me”, begins the text.
The text refers to the differences between HIV (which is a virus) and AIDS, which is the disease that can be caused by the virus when medications are not administered.
Currently, people living with HIV and taking medication appropriately become undetectable (with very low levels of viral load in their blood), no longer transmitting the virus to other people and avoiding the risk of developing AIDS.
“I could be you, and you could be me. HIV does not choose queer, macho, saint or atheist. For HIV, it doesn’t matter where you got involved or who you got involved with”, continues the actress when reading Marina Vergueiro’s text.
The writer chose to remember Bruna’s video this Sunday (1st) because today is the World Aids Days. The date is the main moment of the Red December campaign that aims to draw attention to measures for prevention, assistance and protection of the rights of people living with HIV.
