Calvin Tan was diagnosed HIV-positive at a time when the illness carried heavy stigma in Singapore. He shares the shock of his diagnosis, the rejection he faced, and the emotional toll of telling family and friends. Calvin also explains how modern treatment makes HIV a manageable condition, while stigma remains the bigger battle.𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙄𝘿𝙎 (𝘼𝙛𝘼) 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘐𝘝, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘧𝘈 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥: ✅ 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 (𝘈𝘛𝘚) – 𝘕𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘴. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 🚐 𝘔𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 (𝘔𝘛𝘚) – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 🧠 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘏𝘐𝘝 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 – 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘏𝘐𝘝 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵). 𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘏𝘐𝘝 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬-𝘶𝘱. 𝘕𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. (00:00) Intro(01:37) Understanding HIV and AIDS(04:00) Calvin's Diagnosis and Reaction(10:07) Anonymity and Initial Treatment(17:16) Disclosure to Friends and Family(30:29) Educational Efforts and Public Speaking(37:26) Financial Struggles and Medication Costs(40:08) Social Stigma and Personal Experiences(49:51) Policy Impacts and Infectious Diseases Act(54:42) Importance of HIV Testing(59:35) Anonymous Testing Van(01:04:15) One Shiok Thing𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴Haresh: E-Myth Mastery by Michael E. Gerber |Terence: Shakira and Wyclef Jean Celebrate 20 Years of Hips Don't LieCalvin: Hong Thai - Thai Herbal Inhaler𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 – "𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁” Get a roundup our One Shiok Things & first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox! Subscribe Here𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲!Reddit | Telegram𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀TikTok | Instagram | Facebook𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 @𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘬

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