but merithew is not just anybody else. he s been twice convicted of having sexual intercourse with other men and not disclosing his hiv status. deputy flynn is assigned to merithew s unit. his comment about what he did to the sandwiches caused immense problems in my pod. and it puts me in jeopardy, puts my partners in jeopardy and everybody in the pod in jeopardy. it didn t just contain to d-3. it went down to d-2. i ve heard m-2, m-3 all over the jail, and i just hope i never get a report like that again. merithew was awaiting sentencing on his latest conviction of failure to disclose, has been placed in segregation for his own protection. the inmates who ate the sandwiches were informed it s unlikely that they would have contracted hiv in this manner, even if merithew did contaminate them. but that hasn t lessened their anxieties. if it was a bluff or it was i don t know. and there s really not a way to find out whether there s a
to come forward with their status. the case of the african-american community, accounting for 46% new cases, and also men who have sex with men, which which is the official classification because people aren t even honest about their sexual orientation all the time. what do you say to people when you say, i can t tell because i m afraid i ll lose the people around me? i would say i completely understand. i kept this secret for 25 years for that very reason. but it s not until we can embrace or hiv status, it s not until we are comfortable enough with one another to say, listen, i m hiv positive. i m no different from anyone else. and this is just my cross to bear. but at the same time, we have to have enough education throughout the world where people understand how hiv and contracted and not contracted. how is your health, william? i feel great. well, that is a testament to the far ways we ve come in terms of the medical science.
pockets. denzel smith, thank you for being here. one man s heart-wrenching and controversial journey with hiv on world aids day and his message that s 25 years in the making. my mom first told me about my hiv diagnosis. i was 5 years old. she said, you can t tell anybody. okay. i won t tell anybody. i suppressed my hiv status to much, that i minimized it. and because i couldn t express it, it didn t exist. this is the equivalent of the sugar in one regular soda. and this is one soda a day over an average adult lifetime. but there s a better choice. drink more brita water. clean, refreshing, brita. with a favorite book is nice. but i think women would rather curl up with their favorite man. but here s the thing: about half of men over 40 have some degree of erectile dysfunction. well, viagra helps guys with ed get and keep an erection.
they were giving sandwiches away and said, oh, how s the extra mayonnaise on your sandwich, everyone would be laughing. but merithew is not just anybody else. he s been twice convicted of having sexual intercourse with other men and not disclosing his hiv status. this deputy is assigned to merithew s unit. his comment of what he did to the sandwiches caused immense problems in the pod. puts me in jeopardy, my partners in jeopardy and everybody in the pod is in jeopardy. i ve heard m-2, m-3 all over the jail, and i just hope i never get a report like that again. merithew was awaiting sentencing on his latest conviction, failure to disclose. he s been placed in segregation for his own protection. the inmates that ate the sandwiches were informed it s unlikely they would have contracted hiv in this manner, even if he did contaminate them, but that hasn t lessened their
giving to them, and claims sent me down here to the hole because of my own safety. he said they wanted to kill me. an individual came up to me and told me that jeremy had said that he was going to give everybody in the pod hiv. he had told people he put a special sauce on his sandwiches. extra mayonnaise. that s what i said. that was like four weeks ago. you re saying you did not do that? no, i did not do that. baloney sandwiches are not part of the jail s normal meal plan. they re usually given to inmates who require an additional meal due to medication. due to his hiv status, he was one of those but he gave his sandwiches away. sandwiches are popular and a lot of inmates of indigent and he was giving them out for free, i guess. if you can get anything in jail free, sandwiches or anything like that, you re going to take them.