Absolutely. We were the first walk in the country to change our name from aids walk to the walk to end hiv. And its because hiv has been with us now for over three decades. But were not in the same place now, thankfully that we were even ten years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago. It used to be that aids equals death. Now hiv is a chronic condition, People Living with hiv who are on treatment can live just as long as someone who is not hiv infected. And theres so much stigma around the term aids. And theres so much kind of misinformation still about aids. That we wanted to emphasize that language is important, its important that we talk about this as hiv as a chronic condition. Yes, its serious. Yes, everyone should get tested. Yes, you should be on treatment if you are hiv positive. But its not the same sort of death sentence that it once was. And thats why we really felt it was so important to move away from the term aids and focus on ending hiv. Dwayne, would you say that the erasing
In a question in a moment. But there was a span of time from january 24 through march 5 that i hope the American Public looks at. And it gets back to what is wrong with our Health Care System in general. Early testing from what im seeing was created by the fact that the cdc said that it was going to do its own test. The south korean test that gets cited so often was not going to be looked at. We had to do our own. I know the fda worked with the cdc. But the long and short of all of this is that for nearly a month this was in that bureaucratic swirl. The fda prevented private and Academic Development of tests for weeks. The cdc kdenied access to functioning tests as i cited in south korea. This created through all the red tape and bureaucracy to where we had to come up with a one sized fits all approach due to the uncertainty of the virus. And we are stuck with that now. I dont want to dwell on that necessarily because i think that those are mistakes that we made. Im tired of having it
Dont have plans for testing. We will keep an eye on that. We are joined boy Charles Hadlock who is following the patient in dallas. What can you tell us about what authorities are doing there . The hospital issued a statement in the last hour or so saying that the patient remains in serious condition here. He is being treated in isolation and full measures are taken to protect not only the patients here, but the visitor who is come to the hospital. The state department of health said as many as 100 people may have come in contact with this patient since he arrived in dallas more than a week ago. That number could dwindle as they learn what type of contact this man had. Because they were in the same room doesnt mean they were exposed. His family is being isolated. Four members of his family have been told by the state to remain in their house and to is self monitor and take their temperature frequently and report changes this that. They admonished the family for allowing visitors to com