Behind the curtains of blame and stigma: Blockchain and HIV | Opinion
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Imagine living your life where every second person you meet would discriminate against you and stigma tize you. Just for a few seconds, put yourself in those shoes and think again: every second person you meet. Horrible, right? I wish it were just my nightmares or just a catchy phrase to start an article, but that is the reality for people who live with HIV. It starts back in the 1980s when President Ronald Reagan’s general attitude to the HIV/AIDS epidemic — which they called the “gay plague” — was just ignorance and stupidity. And after almost four decades, not much has changed. The results of stigma tizing people who live with HIV were well-documented, and the data is terrifying: over 50% of all the people globally have discriminatory and negative opinions about people who tested positive for HIV, according ...