The Advocate

It’s Time to Adopt a New Attitude

HETHER IT’S THE apps on your phone, the wardrobe in your closet, or the language you use, everything needs to be upgraded from time to time. The more comfortable we get with certain words and phrases, the more we risk losing the potential for new ones that more accurately reflect what we mean. This has never been truer than when it comes to the phrase: “HIV is no longer a death sentence.”

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