New HIV Patient Meets Survivor From The '80s

[@scooter6332]

Keith is the reason people don’t have to take 18 pills 3 times a day, or have their blood drawn every 15 minutes or fight like that. I don’t have hiv but damn the fight he put up never realized it!

[@emeixac]

true

[@uMADden]

O shut up and make 99 percent meth

[@katyshi1125]

Jesse pinkman thank you Keith

[@TheMontesaurus]

I have been hiv positive now for 16 years, only just started meds in the past 1.5 years, thankfully I only take one pill a day. So, yes, I agree, people like Keith are the reason.

[@lillylazer429]

@@TheMontesaurus Glad that you are doing well. Much love💕💕💕

[@gothsandy3411]

so so sad. get tested every so often, wear protection, talk to your partners, be careful, HIV is no joke and should be talked about more. stay safe everyone!

[@thebest21445]

hiv is a joke to me bro so easy to cure. all you need is some fulvic acid straight from mother nature

[@JohnDoe-eh1ie]

Growing up in a fairly liberal area, there seems to be a huge split contrast in attitudes which ends up making people less educated. Conservative extremists blame it on sin, and shame homosexuality , drug use, and AIDS entirely; sex education is often shunned as well. On the opposite end, liberal extremists believe that sex education should be primarily about pregnancy risks, and how the birth control pill (or Depo) is revolutionary and the safe and sane option for every female. Liberals are often against discouraging promiscuity, or factually talking about the risks of homosexual sex because "there is nothing wrong with being gay". According to the CDC, Buzzfeed's recommended source, if a man starts having sex with men, their chance of getting HIV "is more than 44 times that of other men (rate ranges from 522 to 989 per 100,000 MSM compared to 12 per 100,000 other men)." Promiscuity has led to the spread of Genital Herpes, with 15% of females aged 14-49 having it, 30+% for those who are African-American. Unfortunately Sex-Ed teachers do not want to say that it is extremely important for gay men to practice safe sex, unless they're in a monogamous relationship with both partners being STD free. Oral herpes is spreading to genitals - it's ok for schools to give out condoms to stop pregnancy, but not dental dams.

[@gothsandy3411]

@@JohnDoe-eh1ie very informative!

[@asdfghjkl-oo7lv]

There should be more education about it. Im from TX and we didnt learn about HIV in my health class... Thank God I took a Human Sexuality course @ my uni. Everyone should have the right to these type of resources in schools.

[@gothsandy3411]

@@asdfghjkl-oo7lv I took a health class in high school as well, didn't learn almost anything about sexually transmitted diseases and infections, they focused mostly on eating healthy and not doing drugs. I wanted to learn more and took a sex ed class planned parenthood was offering, a year later I took that class again and I made my boyfriend and his younger sister take that class as well. very disappointed they didn't teach us those things at school

[@1901lanky]

My brother contracted HIV when he was 3. He was a hemophiliac and contracted it through his medication. Died at 12 due to complications from his hemophilia. HIV has many faces. These guys are brave and strong

[@zigggystardustt]

U mean he contract it through a blood transfusion right? I've never heard of medicine giving someone HIV, but the covid vaccine gave it to some people.

[@CindyCya]

i didn't know you could get HIV through medication wow

[@francetheodore205]

From medication?

[@strongbow310]

Respect

[@whowantstoliveforever5226]

One day, they will find a cure...one day. Rip Freddie Mercury

[@murrin-]

Who wants to live forever? First person who I thought of as well

[@bailliefrench7177]

I clicked on this video purely in hopes that they’ll mention Freddie

[@ipayman5217]

@@murrin- yay i found a fellow aviator

[@ipayman5217]

And yes i am big fan of freddie...... although farrokh bulsara died in 1991 freddie mercury still lives in his songs

[@whowantstoliveforever5226]

RAFFY BAFFY couldn’t have said it better

[@Marianita195]

It's because of people like Keith that people like Raphael can have a good life! Bless him!

[@Lcwtex]

Marianita Bustos 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@sabrinazakrowski1399]

It's really amazing that there are people like Keith who were living with HIV in the 80s when little was known or done compared to now and are still alive, especially when we consider that most people who contracted HIV disease during Keith's time have long ago succumbed to AIDS.

[@drgato5231]

HIV is a scam. I have AIDS and i know what I'm talking about. Im very healthy even if my cd4 count is at a very low 20. I don't take medication. Its all about selling toxic medication. Big pharma wants to manipulate the vulnerable. Watch the documentary "Positively False".

[@shnaxo5630]

My name is Raphael lol

[@billromerowalter9445]

Living with a virus for eternity is something you need to sit down and think. There is a cure for any type of virus and diseases. So why listen to people who will discourage you and not give you cure. Alternative cure for any type of virus, diseases and STDS available. Reach out to doctor in united kingdom if you have any with the following diseases; 1; HSV1 and HSV2 2; Lupus diseases 3; Cancer 4; Human Papilloma virus (HPV) 5; Crohn's diseases 6; Diabetes 7; Sickle Cell Arnamia 8; Herpes 9; HIV 10; Neratitis 11; Diabetes 12; Pile for any health issues Contact Doctor Terry Barley Joshua for help in ridding out your problem. Whats'App or call him [phone] or email [e-mail]'s a bangladesh doctor and very friendly and knows cure to all that....my own number is [phone] he cured me

[@lovesbetasAJ]

I hope we get a cure really soon.

[@kenishas6574]

lovesbetas AJ Nah they're not giving it up they make billions off of hiv/aids treatments

[@wish-maker]

Hebrew Princess exactly !

[@MisterGabal]

@@kenishas6574 don't you think the cure would give millions and millions too? Plus people wouldn't be as afraid to contract HIV because of it being curable, so it would be a very used treatment. So no, stop with your conspiracy theories.

[@joesingh9158]

Hebrew Princess the reason they haven’t made a cure isn’t because they don’t wanna lose money but it’s actually because you can’t really cure something like AIDS because it attacks you using your own cells. so you can’t really detect it, you can only detect what it does

[@MisterGabal]

@@joesingh9158 you could cure it. The problem is that the virus is really good at hiding at places our current medication can't reach. But there have been cases where curation has been achieved (you can read about the Berlin patient for this).

[@shunomar8370]

I was an escort before. I was so afraid to test my self. When I stopped being escort, After 4 years, I decided to test my self. I was afraid the result of my test. I was so glad Im negative.

[@letsdothis3332]

Shuno Mar that happened to me as well I completely freaked because every memory of my friends ran through my mind.

[@nicoleb5415]

Congratulations on you’re results but please be more careful 😩

[@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax]

@Rubia Henrique Why do you think? Oh....sorry...you didn't think before you made a comment.

[@j.riffney7939]

@Rubia Henrique exactly! In that 4yrs. How many people did she sleep with unprotected while praying and being scared to get checked. criminal.

[@Themiamidime]

Why didn’t you wear condoms

[@alishaw3844]

So surprised more people havent clicked on this. It really hits home. "We need more research, not Hysteria!"

[@kaelenkenna2970]

People haven’t clicked on it because they’re scared. Of emotion. Of truth. Of so-called taboo illnesses.

[@ceciliazaldivar7949]

When he said “oh my god, thats so awesome” was like a sigh of relief that what he went through was worth it. Made me tear up a lil

[@MustacheCashStash125]

I have the utmost respect for people who’ve been HIV positive since the 80’s, they’ve been through unimaginable terror and stigmatization.

[@etheldingleberry8075]

They let men F them in the A. The stigma was 100% justified.

[@burlhorse61]

@@etheldingleberry8075 can u be anymore homophobic??

[@pjaybasmaignee]

@@etheldingleberry8075lol 😂

[@fartexplosion4480]

@@etheldingleberry8075 Man you do not wanna know what straight people do when they have sex. You definitely ain't ready for that

[@CuriosityCulture]

damn, this is powerful. This sure beats the videos where buzzfeed smashes Coke bottles

[@heathergrier1819]

Hah

[@learner18]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ein7252]

Ur obviously a backstreet boy too u know the back street

[@billromerowalter9445]

Living with a virus for eternity is something you need to sit down and think. There is a cure for any type of virus and diseases. So why listen to people who will discourage you and not give you cure. Alternative cure for any type of virus, diseases and STDS available. Reach out to doctor in united kingdom if you have any with the following diseases; 1; HSV1 and HSV2 2; Lupus diseases 3; Cancer 4; Human Papilloma virus (HPV) 5; Crohn's diseases 6; Diabetes 7; Sickle Cell Arnamia 8; Herpes 9; HIV 10; Neratitis 11; Diabetes 12; Pile for any health issues Contact Doctor Terry Barley Joshua for help in ridding out your problem. Whats'App or call him [phone] or email [e-mail]'s a bangladesh doctor and very friendly and knows cure to all that....my own number is [phone] he cured me

[@derickfernando3144]

Truely am free from Hiv/aids today and I want to let you know that there is a herbal cure to bad breath and doctor dr Oyalo has it. I met him on KZbin

[@byoung8529]

I really admire their resilience and kindness, especially the man from the 80s that volunteered his body continuously to help science attempt to treat this. I hope one day there's cure xxx anyone could be unlucky and get this; watched a video on a women's who was married and got it from her partner whilst trying to have a family. The stigma is unnecessary.

[@asdfghjkl-oo7lv]

What really touched me was from 6:44-6:52 , millenials should really reach out to the older generations. We could really learn from each other.

[@jules_logan5061]

B Young You can also just get it blood to blood. There should be no negative stigma

[@drearperry8727]

@@jules_logan5061 smh... The world is definitely done

[@emmacoffee4459]

B Young aa

[@elitestar]

her husband was on the DL

[@TheLongjohntim]

My good friend BJ was diagnosed with HIV 10/31/1986. He's still with us. Back then if you were HIV you had about three months to live. We've lost a lot of good friends to it. I'm one of the lucky ones I dodged that bullet. Had a scare once, you never forget that call. I'm HIV Positive you need to get tested. Took three weeks for my results. Cried a lot those three weeks. I'd go to work as if nothing was wrong come home and cry my eyes out. No one knew about it. Not even my mom! In the end it came back Negative again I cried.

[@chiveeee8553]

Man you're strong

[@sleepingforest8797]

Update: science has cured two people so far. We’re getting there. We’re getting there.

[@kimpetrasisaqueen3955]

@just me singing one of those is still in observation

[@jonsixxx6569]

@just me singing it's not just bone marrow transplant it's also finding a person that is negative for a Gene that makes people resistant to even getting HIV I think it was cr355 Gene something like that when people have that genes HIV it self cant bond to it

[@winuxworx]

The odds of finding a person with genes that is immune to HIV and get a bone marrow transplant with them is close to impossible. We need to find a way that we can reproduce this cure.

[@dontlookatmyprofilepic4796]

@@winuxworx my littlw brother's immune, hit me up fellas

[@dontlookatmyprofilepic4796]

@@jonsixxx6569 already got y'all covered

[@jeifam7904]

I literally cried just by watching this. I’ve been diagnosed positive last year and up until now no one in my family knows what I’m going through. I sometimes feel that they worried about me because there has been some changes with the way I look now because of the virus. I don’t have the strength to tell it to them and I don’t know where to begin. It’s kinda depressing sometimes but I must continue.

[@nmorgan01]

Jei Fam I’m so sorry. Nobody should feel the way you do. Do you have anybody else you can tell who will understand and not judge you?

[@prettycyjah2094]

Nolin Feller life must go on my friend, keep the faith and be strong, stay strong.

[@kyliesanders6013]

I am so sorry , my prayers are with you

[@14lucario]

do it and get medical help!, help your self man dont let yourself down!

[@pbar7212]

Wanna give you a hug my friend

[@CliffordStarks1]

Hoping for the best you two. I know this must have been difficult to do for you both. Respect for spreading awareness 👍

[@sarahalbright5307]

Clifford Starks Hi Cliff! Yeah god bless these guys can't imagine what they're going through

[@CliffordStarks1]

@@sarahalbright5307 Hello Sarah👍

[@susanireland2124]

Respect for spreading AIDS

[@pumpkinpie2978]

Awareness is talk about the risk factors that spread HIV!

[@CliffordStarks1]

@@pumpkinpie2978 The risk factors have been talked about to death. People are more aware of the risk factors, than they are about living with it. This video is a reminder that people with HIV are still human beings and should be treated as such.

[@cecorra]

I lost my brother to AIDS. Being at the hospice with all the individuals who are suffering and knowing that what little time they have left was such an experience. I'll never forget how they try to cheer you up and make you smile.

[@ninaquas_7401]

I can't imagine how scary it must have been to have HIV without any treatment or even diagnosis available. I have so much respect to the men who donated their bodies and risked or gave their lives to find treatments that saves lives today.

[@LBtwunk]

This video hits home, I tested positive when I was 17, am 19 now but living very healthily and happily :) it’s honestly just the social stigma that’s so scary now but honestly videos like these help people understand that they’re not alone thru these things :) thank u buzzfeed hehe

[@scottdavis8717]

I'm so glad you're heathy. Praying for a cure.

[@allformulaisequalunderthes8223]

Lbtwink glad you’re are doing good! Live life the way you want to and don’t let nothing hold you back.

[@penguinnn4life344]

Lbtwink wow shouldn’t use a condom to protect yourself I’m sorry this happened to you but I can’t relate I don’t have HIV

[@penguinnn4life344]

Eric Cartman how do you think he got it ? Unprotected sex duh

[@robinlaurence6284]

Good for you, baby! Keep living and shining!

[@boyguapito1]

When Keith said _”We all got tested together and we all got tested positive together.”_ that was the most saddest thing I’ve heard. I have met plenty of people who are (HIV positive) and they all say how alone they feel. I always cry when I heard their stories.

[@erik2839]

Finally a Buzzfeed video that is helpful and informative about what is going on in the world, *we need more vids like this!!!!!!*

[@YourPeeps]

This is a true story of resilience and solidarity. So in love with the human spirit.

[@dancingshoes56]

Omg yes!

[@Mark-rd1it]

What so human spirited about sleeping around and spreading diseases?

[@baleydee]

I hope one day we can find a cure.

[@Name-mi7bx]

I hope one day people have sex after marriage

[@MoonstonePlains]

You are both so brave and amazing! I am so proud to share the human race with beautiful souls like yours. Be strong, keep up the good work, and take care of yourselves!

[@kellz1703]

There’s is a cure but hiv/aids treatment is a billion dollars business so the public will never get it.

[@therealkenj98]

Wicked Gamer sex after marriage doesn’t stop a disease, especially when infidelity is a thing. Be smarter next time you fix your fingers to post a message.

[@mylittlehyrule]

@@Name-mi7bx HIV is also contracted through blood transfusions and sharing needles.

[@melissahawco6930]

It's crazy to think that he was sitting across from one of the many people that turned those 18 uncertain pills to just 1

[@henryjohnsonjrfilms]

I am with you two. I was just a young man and had to witness my father who died from AIDS. He didn't take his meds and when he got sick, it was too late. I am with you two. I don't have HIV/AIDS but will try my possible best to help anyone with this virus. You have got my full support.

[@justinamusyoka4986]

What kind of help? Have lived with the virus 30years now and my greatest problem isn't meds but people who happen to know my status. My friends and family act strange or start discussing Hiv while around me to offend me. But have never taken that to heart.

[@malekmoum]

Please help me 🥺

[@up4rent]

It pains me to think of all the men and women that would have been here today, who were ripped from us due to this virus and the hysteria that followed it. I feel for their loneliness, their fear, and their isolation. I’m glad we have the resources now but..

[@videolad3057]

The dirtiest disease there is.

[@cruisive8592]

@@sergio6469 that's not entirely true, it would still be the same epidemic it was and is, it's not just sexual and certainly not just because of gays

[@sergio6469]

Cruisive damn I don’t even remember writing that 😂 but you’re right everything would have happened regardless

[@jameskrug87]

Rip Freddie mercury

[@33Dakes]

DESKiT yes. I wish he was still here. Was a legend

[@brookeradke4655]

💛

[@berrychy2990]

💛💛💛

[@whowantstoliveforever5226]

Rest In Peace Freddie Mercury

[@alexkx8599]

...and Ricky Wilson from the B-52's and Jobriath.

[@tiffanyhakunashi9257]

My uncle is HIV positive and nothing changed for my family. He fit both drug user and is a homosexual man but regardless he's our Uncle and we fight with him. ❤

[@alyssajohnson8901]

what do you mean ‘regardless’

[@thomasbarca9297]

Who cares his gay his gay so what

[@GamingVlogsbulo2101]

Thomas Barca wtf that's why God doesn't answer our prayers

[@andresvillanueva5421]

@@GamingVlogsbulo2101 Who are you to dictate what God hates?

[@Alexwhywest]

@Oscar Asso'o hell yeah.

[@2882Kate]

‘It’s A Sin’ TV programme brought me here and has made me want to know more about this tragic time period and the victims. I just had no idea of the devastation.

[@samuelfenkilew2865]

Just watched it today too My heart was bleeding.

[@treme2434]

Same. That show really went into depth when it came to HIV.

[@quadencaroline3368]

Result of silence...And silence = deathssss. I hope more people can realize, after covid, which incredible amount of courage these people put together....impressive human example for all of us.

[@Xeen63]

I have also been infected with HIV since 1987 ... I have lost many friends. The price of life is loneliness and the hunger for the body is cruel. I live in Switzerland. Gruss Sergio

[@tshidlesetedi5572]

Hello

[@billymadisonsshampoo8223]

I wish I could give Keith a hug. He looks like he could use one. 😘

[@peterlee5024]

Ashley Bloomberg u would get aids

[@professorlayton3510]

Peter Lee plz tell me you are not serious lol

[@billymadisonsshampoo8223]

@@peterlee5024 really Peter? Lol

[@dancingshoes56]

@@peterlee5024 are you even in this century...omg..no comment..really hahah

[@asdfghjkl-oo7lv]

@@professorlayton3510 dont worry he is just an uneducated troll.

[@midlifewoman4205]

This was so moving. I was in high school in the 80’s and the fear, hysteria was real. So much has changed. Kudos to those who fought to pave the way.

[@reneerobinson3559]

These hate comments are horrible. How many heterosexuals use condoms 100% of the time?

[@yinloveyang]

I use them 100% cause as for now I'm not planning a child..... I love my body and I'll make sure I don't have an one night intercourse.... not with someone I don't know.

[@kiraaisling9603]

yinloveyang with a condom...... you can still get pregnant

[@forestdenizen6497]

Partner selection (avoiding high risk people) is way more effective than using a condom. Part of that is avoiding persons belonging to certain races. The CDC stats are clear. You might hate the facts, but science doesn't lie. The best way to protect yourself against HIV, avoid sex with the high risk groups : >Black men and women >IV drug users >gay men >women who have sex with members of high risk groups IV drug users have really cleaned up their act and are becoming infected far less often than before. Straight White men who avoid high risk partners have such a low rate of infection that their numbers are combined with hemophiliacs, needle stick victims and babies infected at birth, in the group the CDC calls "other". This is necessary because showing their figures on the same graph as blacks, gays, and women who have sex with blacks and bisexuals, would be too politically incorrect. The difference too extreme. To put it in perspective, a white man who only has sex with white women, and avoids those who belong to, or have sex with high risk groups, has about the same chance of catching Hiv each year, as he does of being struck by lightning. Most people simply don't read the reports properly to know this. Superscript and subscript is there for a reason, follow it, understand what the stats are telling you. The fact that the best and most effective way to protect against infection (safe partner selection) is NOT taught in sex ed, to avoid hurting feelings, is criminal.

[@jaedeebee]

@@forestdenizen6497 I work in the field of HIV prevention and services and this comment is so inaccurate.

[@evaluna122]

Kira Aisling lmao not unless it’s broken or breaks sperm doesn’t magically go through rubber

[@mariaisabella6453]

This makes me so sad. For all the people back in the day who didn’t have a chance. I thank them for their contribution to science and for the opportunity to outlive this nightmare

[@valentinomays3654]

Wow!! Seeing so many people support individuals living with HIV is so uplifting. Thank you guys for being so kind and empathetic towards us. I'm HIV positive and have been undetectable for a few years now. And its definitely been really hard, when I was first diagnosed I was in such denial it took me a year to find treatment because I was so scared and embarrassed. At one point they cut my insurance off so I couldn't afford to get the medication. When I got back on medication I was on at least 8 pills a day to get my CD4 count up. I was so scared😭😢. Now I'm only down to 2 pills a day and I'm undetectable. So thank you so much for the support and kind words. Makes me believe there's hope for a cure and a future😢🤗😊😀😇

[@isabellalora6533]

❤❤❤❤ 🙏🏻 amen

[@sanamalik7484]

You doing great mate

[@surajitbs]

Ur cd4 count

[@sweetytweety0011]

In addition to Prep, use condoms and get tested together with new partners and regularly.

[@JakobTennisMB]

YES! Use condoms WITH PrEP. PrEP is not an excuse to bareback.

[@M60gunner1971]

Stop packing fudge, stop blowing each other, stop IV drug use. Stop being gay!!

[@Julia-cp9nt]

M60gunner1971 shut the hell up dude you’re someone who’d be a baby daddy at 17

[@rose-a-bleu4281]

M60gunner1971 you do realize anyone can get aids right? Or are you just too inbred to understand that.

[@annetteslife]

I hope you know that there are many other ways to end up with HIV and not just through sex! Please support these people and not hate them

[@ruk2023--]

I've got friends that are HIV positive and they are likely to outlive me. They have educated me in how the virus is treated and transmitted and I'm honestly more worried about getting cancer or Alzheimer's disease than getting HIV. There shouldn't be a stigma around it anymore but people are people and we get scared of things we don't understand.

[@VinnigsSpinTheBlock]

How did they get it? Playing with poop. There will always be a stigma its nasty...

[@keithparkhill8546]

Flash Gordon There is some truth to your comment. I lived through this. I have not contracted so much as a cold sore. Folks had sympathy for those that contracted it before information about it was know. However your generation seems not to be able to pull thier penis out without catching something. It's uncalled for.

[@yasmeen7875]

People keep saying that aids is now a chronic disease, but I know people who died recently at a young age from this disease. It's still a DEADLY disease.

[@ruk2023--]

Well yes and no. A chronic disease is categorised as one lasting more than three months but it is certainly also a deadly disease if left unchecked.

[@heybhabe]

Ralph Hardwick there’s always gonna be a stigma it’s an std 🤮

[@mrmikew]

Sadly, Freddie Mercury was unable to make it...

[@LittleMissLounge]

So many people. People we never even had a chance to hear of.

[@Anskulisuu]

Yeah he was so amazing

[@tomryann86]

And rock hudson

[@brookeradke4655]

💛

[@keepyoursmile8919]

That was the first thing I thought of too :(

[@U_see-ph]

Got my results yesterday, now I'm the same as you. 🙂 Thanks for all the people who fought for making HIV not the death question.

[@justinamusyoka4986]

Thats reminds me my first Hiv test.

[@anthonykent8133]

Anyone else think of Freddie Mercury when u saw the title

[@missaugust189]

A Kent 05 i did 😢

[@LuluScarn]

I'm sure I was recommended this video due to that fact that my entire youtube feed is just Freddie and Queen related content. All i can think of is him still being alive if he had this type of medication available today :'(

[@ayeishapatton2116]

Always

[@prabhatnaik5868]

@@LuluScarn same

[@babacarsadikhmbodj7174]

@@LuluScarn i believe it is for the same reason that i came accross this video on my feed.

[@whynot2662]

I haven’t been effected by this nor do I know anyone with it so it’s hard to relate but this video touched my heart, I definitely shed a tear ❤️

[@daniella7037]

who else wishes freddie would've survived (Mercury)

[@victoriamayo5774]

Daniella Spektor I still love him ❤️

[@amazing1933]

U really don’t need the Mercury

[@dumpstercub2902]

I wish everyone would've survived

[@SS-yv9cq]

No one

[@Akva77]

All of them :( but yes FM🌷

[@MissPurpleTTV]

I Lost My Uncle To Aids. He Was Such A Loving And Caring Person And His Disease Did Not Define Him. I'm So Glad There Is People Out There Donating Their Bodies To Help Find A Cure. We Have Come So Far.

[@alleycat2502]

My grandfather died from AIDS in the late 80s, and so did my grandmother shortly after when she contracted it from him...My Dad was 17 at the time. And to this day he is still trying to deal with the grief. To think that the medical community could have pulled together faster if they just got over the stigma and saved so many lives, it’s so sad that my family didn’t get the chance they so deserved

[@martinzephniah7541]

"Research not hysteria" , this worked out so well here . I hope we use this paradigm with all other social ills

[@AboutRAF]

This is so beautiful. ❤️ God bless the both of you

[@billromerowalter9445]

Living with a virus for eternity is something you need to sit down and think. There is a cure for any type of virus and diseases. So why listen to people who will discourage you and not give you cure. Alternative cure for any type of virus, diseases and STDS available. Reach out to doctor in united kingdom if you have any with the following diseases; 1; HSV1 and HSV2 2; Lupus diseases 3; Cancer 4; Human Papilloma virus (HPV) 5; Crohn's diseases 6; Diabetes 7; Sickle Cell Arnamia 8; Herpes 9; HIV 10; Neratitis 11; Diabetes 12; Pile for any health issues Contact Doctor Terry Barley Joshua for help in ridding out your problem. Whats'App or call him [phone] or email [e-mail]'s a bangladesh doctor and very friendly and knows cure to all that....my own number is [phone] he cured me

[@IshanAli]

Protection is key people!

[@O0000-i5q]

Ishan Ali why r u everywhere

[@drushki9331]

For real just saw this guy on Ibz Mo

[@user-rm1lm3rt7e]

I always see you

[@kesprrr9271]

And don’t be gay

[@abdikadirmohamud2219]

Your everywhere....

[@amberokeeffeegan]

I wish this video was longer, I wanted to hear so much more from these men! I wish you both the very best with your treatments and your lives!

[@dakotaweber6055]

This is so sad yet so touching everything Keith and the people from the 80’s went through and did had made it so much easier and open for people like Raphael😭

[@stephaniebeffanie8956]

They both seem like such lovely people. Props to Keith for all he did to contribute to finding a treatment or cure. ❤

[@danonr90]

Fellow Oklahoman Keith 😊 You are awesome, and I cant imagine what you went through. The 80's were such a different time for people HIV positive.

[@user-rm7rd9bu6q]

So much bravery for these two! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Envistica]

M60gunner1971 Nice troll mate

[@mrlloyd149]

This has taken way too much from us for too long . I respect both of you for your resilience, we will find a cure some day, stay strong, keep fighting

[@dana-rh5ic]

this deserves more recognition, didn’t realize people had to fight such a battle ❤️🙏🏼

[@MiguelGarayStarty]

You all in the comments laughing and not see the importance of this video made me sick. Thanks for this Buzzfeed.

[@thebest21445]

this video is not important. whats important is that the damn MDs gota stop giving them pills and they should stick with mother natures healing powers of fulvic acid and i hate how everyone is going for those pills and prescription medications when they can just use fulvic acid and bam everybad thing gone. just dont eat bread or drink soda or chlorinated water with it because whats the point of taking fulvic acid if your just gona put more things that are toxic into the body and eat organic as well and bam gone with the hiv

[@UltraThunder007]

Andrew T 🖕🏻

[@wednesdayfuentes35]

@@thebest21445 but what if that doesnt work? What then?

[@fuckingcheesepizza]

Miguel Garay who’s laughing in the comments I’ve been scrolling can’t find one “lol” what are you saying

[@kimmyymmik]

Who can take buzzfeed seriously 😂

[@domino7845]

This is so amazing. We need to continue to educate ppl. End the stigma of this disease

[@lindalately]

This needs to be talked about more..

[@fandomlover831]

These two men are so strong. It's terrible that people have go through this, it's so amazing that they are able to be happy and not let the disease define them

[@manuelsaldivar01]

Back them being diagnosed with HIV was pretty much a death sentence. I don’t have HIV, but I would be so happy if the cure is found during my life span!

[@sarahdixon2985]

Lovely positive production....You are living with a chronic condition as am I. You fight stigma with grace and determination. God bless you both 😊

[@MovieJustin]

Thank you for doing this. Helps humanize this for me. When he said folks are a little tired, I think we can all sympathize.

[@genesiskravitz8621]

I’m so happy for the strides medicine and research have made in tackling this virus. I’m so happy Keith is still with us.

[@katarinazivkovic7764]

Thank you Keith. Thank you so much for every Hiv positive patient of your generation who volunteered for testing and made it possible to find a way of treating this disease. I respect all of you and thank each and every one of you, especially those of you who, unfortunately, didn't make it. Thank you

[@blackngoldcuttlefish3390]

One of my mom's friends was HIV positive before I was even born (in the mid-80s). He's still alive and it impresses me

[@upsc_supremacy]

Is he still alive?

[@SliceOfSabby]

what an amazing video. salute

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[@Em-hr1yx]

Thank you Keith and everyone who fought for more awareness and research for a deadly disease by risking their lives and contributing. Without them, we wouldn't be able to have this much knowledge or medication to combat such a frightening illness that isn't so frightening anymore. Thank you.

[@beautyduty1067]

I’m crying at this and I wish you both all the happiness in the world! Thank you for speaking out and every day is a day closer to finding a cure❤️

[@gia.l.x7696]

That gentlemen is a hero .. he gave himself to science being hiv positive to help find the rite medications . If it wasnt for people like him . That young gentlemen sitting across from him would not be able to live a full life . I'm in tears . This is so emotional .

[@am-p2359]

"and I just said Thank you" literally made me burst into tears....Keith is so brave, so amazing - I hope he is surrounded by love and light always

[@anneg5985]

Keith you are a living testament that everybody shouldn’t lose hope and this applies to everyone HIV positive or not.

[@JayaSaputra]

Thank you for the scientists who have been working tiredlessy to invent medication for HIV-positives, thank you for doctors, nurses and medical personnels for treating HIV-positives, and thank you for those who "donated" their bodies for in vivo trial of the antiretroviral medication in the past.

[@richardt6980]

dont forget the nuns that sat with the people that were dying when no one else would. now look how they are being paid back (sisterhood of perpetual indulgence). smh

[@kanikaisrani]

Ohhh the last sentence that Keith said just broke my heart 💔

[@zero00tolerance]

HIV patients today are so lucky compared to the people with HIV in the 80s. It was brutal and hopelessness, people are getting hated, discriminated and humiliated. It was so sad, respect to those poor souls that rested for the better of medical advancement.

[@fireleiperla2951]

Keith testimony was so moving, it was a different world back in the 80's, never saw so much stigma associated with an illness, in my book he's a hero, after surviving the heartbreak of losing his friends he still volunteered in painful trials to find a cure and better treatment that thankfully Raphael benefits from.

[@ArthurMorgan18993]

The Show did and will continue to go on my darlings.

[@marcoscarvalhais6211]

This video should have 1h, I would definitely watch. Sending love for both

[@t.b.9607]

Words cannot express the gratitude owed to the people who gave their bodies/time to the research, which has helped so many today. ❤

[@Tgogators]

What is mind blowing is how far we've come from it since the 80s. People today didn't see how "death sentence" it was was. It was truly tragic, a lot of men died ashamed and isolated from society. I don't remember who, but a Doctor was quoted saying "I'd rather be HIV-positive than have Diabetes." HIV is more manageable than Diabetes.

[@MichaelHampton-Whitney]

This took me back to SF in 1986 so fast... We've come so far, but how much faster could we have got here if research had been better funded? How many more of my friends would still be alive? It hurts, but I'm glad there is some hope now. We can not stop pushing to make people aware and educated. Love to both of you!

[@helengelifan]

I’ve watched this video for so many times already. And it touches me every single time - even more. And it’s another sign. That in our gay scene, we need to stop discriminate ourself and start again, to be nice to each other.

[@wildoatling]

Thank you so much for making this video.

[@ricardocarrillo6250]

Love this! It’s important to share this story and not forget the past of the gay community. This is some good buzzfeed content.

[@thamamichhakchhuak538]

Two brave men facing each other and the world. This says alot.

[@viviensim9764]

Appreciate the honesty that you both have shared. Huge respect for spreading awareness. Wishing the best to both of you!

[@laurae2489]

I feel for them. I wish them well. Sending them positive and healing thoughts.

[@93Cora]

Probably the best BuzzFeed Video yet.

[@spidertasks8212]

Yesterday, another human being was cured of HIV. We’re getting there people ❤️

[@videolad3057]

They cleaned someone's filthy blood? How?

[@videolad3057]

@@Dre-cu2dm It doesn't cure aids.

[@BeaLuy]

I’ve been binge watching videos like this all night because I am very afraid and getting tested tomorrow. It’s incredibly sad how many positive comments of people dealing with disease well are accompanied by someone responding “stop glorifying the disease”. I’m literally crying here because these comments calm down my over-the-roof anxiety in hope of there being at least some chance of living normal life and that if I get positive result tomorrow it will not ruin everything for me, including horrible side effects of treatment and stigma. It’s not glorifying the disease, rather giving little in hard moments of those who need it right now. THANK YOU

[@thewesternmillenial5302]

If you are reading this right now and have HIV and are feel alone or down I want you to know that you are not alone People DO LOVE YOU We do care And please remember you are no different than anyone else and deserve to be loved and cared for ❤️ Stay beautiful

[@paigesteele4406]

Buzzfeed finally made quality content.,

[@dmassie51]

Wow great interview! So touching! I was born hiv+ and am about to be 36 in December! I was one of those that went through so many clinical trials.... I am a pioneer

[@viralnorn9173]

So glad you made it Keith! Thanks for your sacrifice and contribution to the cure. A true hero! We need more people in the world like you.

[@EVEspinosa79]

One dear friend was part of these protocols, and now that another person I love is HIV positive and have a better perspective, makes me so grateful for those who went through all these experimental treatments and for those in science that keep trying every day.

[@zanem499]

The virgin life is the best life

[@laura705100]

Oh yes 🕶

[@winuxworx]

Until you accidentally get infected with needle from HIV infected person.

[@nousername5673]

Winux Worx Nope. We have post-exposure prophylaxis for cases like that.

[@alixw3865]

Winux Worx • why are you randomly sticking yourself with needles? You think we get our flu shots from the McDonald’s bathroom trash?

[@kari_koo]

It’s not always spread from sex bRUH

[@Lollipopo5]

I so understand Keith, when he said he was most afraid of never being able to ride horses again! Me, myself I also have a chronic illness, which let’s say could make my life in a couple of years pretty hard and I‘m strangely not afraid of dying but of living a life, that isn’t worth living for. And riding horses is a big part of my life... But I wish both of you everything in the world! And stay strong, you got this! Love, Sarah

[@niceso3346]

Hoping and praying for the best for the two of you, I salute your strength and resilience and I hope more people will support research about HIV and more people will help HIV patients remind them that they are far greater and more than as an HIV patient

[@loretta_3843]

Donating themselves for testing was so courageous and giving. Puts those discriminating against them to shame...

[@Wakilonzo]

This made me cry. Because of men like these I was able to get prep after I was raped, probably protected me from contracting HIV. Thank you.

[@BlancoWilliams]

Mwikali Kilonzo you have to take prep first. It doesn’t work if you have sex with a HIV positive man and after you take prep.

[@F4TiMA.]

"My spirit is contingent on the belief of another person in me". How very powerful! :) X 💛💛💛🙏🏿👏🏿

[@sapphicsandals]

We lost a whole generation of our people due to this disease. Remember that