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@stephanie Yes, absolutely. I’ve spent a lot of time since 2020 with public health folks who do things like HIV prevention and vaccine hesitancy comms work and they’re all quite clear that purism and condemnation are wildly unhelpful ways of moving more people toward more safety. It was eye-opening! I know that a lot of people are just venting their (very understandable) rage but it’s such a counterproductive mode.
@kissane This! As someone who lived through and survived the AIDS crisis (and lost many loved ones to it), I am constantly annoyed by people who don't understand why we ran "safer sex" campaigns rather than demanding everyone stop ever having sex (abstaining from sex is the purist position on AIDS, not wearing a condom, and I wish that Covid zero people would understand this and why it's "safer sex" not "safe sex"). Harm reduction isn't a purist position and they do active harm to the message when they try to make it one. actu@stephanie@ottawa.place
@kissane This! As someone who lived through and survived the AIDS crisis (and lost many loved ones to it), I am constantly annoyed by people who don't understand why we ran "safer sex" campaigns rather than demanding everyone stop ever having sex (abstaining from sex is the purist position on AIDS, not wearing a condom, and I wish that Covid zero people would understand this and why it's "safer sex" not "safe sex"). Harm reduction isn't a purist position and they do active harm to the message when...