Karrie: If my family doctor wouldn't have just randomly ordered that HIV test, I wouldn't be here right now.

When I started treatment, I was undetectable within six months, which means you cannot pass on the HIV to anybody.

And that for me, is wonderful security.

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Dee: Undetectable equals untransmittable, and what it means is that the HIV can’t be found through a blood test, so that means it can’t be transmitted to a sexual partner.

As someone living with HIV, you can’t transmit the virus.

That’s a big deal.

I just hope people take the opportunity to just learn more about it.

I’m at a point where I just feel happy.

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Carlos: Not everybody living with HIV is aware of what U = U is.

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If you take your medication, you cannot transmit the virus to your sexual partners.

When you hear people living with HIV talking about U = U, it’s tears of joy.

At the end of the day, there is hope.

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Dave: I contracted HIV almost 16 years ago now.

It’s not a death sentence, and I thought it was.

Treatment gave me back part of my life that I thought was gone.

Within six months, I had an undetectable viral load, meaning I cannot pass HIV through unprotected sex which is huge.

Here I am 16 years later, healthier than I’ve ever been.

A little chubbier, a little greyer but, I’m doing alright.

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