We Have A Stigma Problem
Stigma is one of the reasons millions of HIV-infected individuals did not get tested early on in that epidemic. Now, stigma is among the reasons we may not make our way out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The same fearmongering behind HIV stigmatization underpins the COVID-19 response, causing us to lose vital time in our public health efforts to contain a global pandemic that has already claimed the lives of over 607,000 Americans.