The height of ridiculousness in “HIV” testing promotion

An art installation featuring 620 “HIV” self-test kits

Honestly, I don’t really need to say more. The information is all in the title, although of course you know I will have comments. You can read about this avant-garde installation, in Malta, here (emphasis mine). You’ll want to click through because the picture is ridiculous.

Art installation at Love Monument encourages people to test for HIV

Stakeholders have expressed concern that the stigma surrounding HIV has grown worse in recent years.

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To coincide with European Testing Week, Artist Emma Grima collaborated with Checkpoint Malta to create the We Are Positive campaign.

The bulk of the campaign consisted of an art installation set up on 18 May, whereby the Love Monument in St Julian’s was covered with 600 HIV self-testing kit boxes.

By all measures, it appears the campaign was a success, as all 620 text kit boxes had been taken within 24 hours. (Aside—why have “stakeholders” expressed concern?)

“We could not have dreamed of a more overwhelming public response. It just goes to show how spot on Emma’s original idea was: how to engage the general public with HIV on a human level. I think the installation really did appeal to people and sparked their desire to know more about HIV. There has been a massive spike on the Webpage too so people are really engaging with the issue just as we hoped. The success of this public intervention should prompt more people to know their status by getting tested and to take better care of their sexual health. More testing means the reduction of HIV,” Roberts added.

More testing means the reduction of “HIV”? I would argue that, since “HIV” itself is an artefact of testing, that more testing means more “HIV,” by definition. There are a few more oddities:

Roberts highlighted the fact that wait times at the Genitourinary (GU) Clinic were less than ideal, with reports that it can take up to six months to get an appointment for a screening. “Of course, if you have HIV, you’re fast-tracked; however, for general screening, the wait list can be excessive.”

If you have “HIV,” you’re fast-tracked? How does that work, exactly, since it can take up to six months to be screened for “HIV”? How do they know who has “HIV” in order to fast track them?

Of course, this whole thing turns out to be an advertisement, not only for testing, but for PrEP. Of course it is.

Despite the current situation in Malta regarding HIV, Roberts said that changes have not been made to improve Malta’s local sexual health policy, including free access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and adequate access to HIV testing.

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“PEP can cost around €600, which is ridiculous when you think about the fact that it can significantly reduce the risk of an individual getting HIV. I would think it would be in the government’s best interest to try and lessen the burden on the healthcare sector by trying to prevent people being exposed to HIV,” Roberts said.

I have another idea. Stop handing out free test kits and promoting this bogus, long since falsified HIV AIDS story. Of course, there is so much money caught up in this racket that it will take a lot to dismantle it. And that’s all I have to say about that.

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