Tim Barrus Blog
Posts tagged with Public-Health
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The Drive to the HIV Clinic Far, Far Away
He usually falls asleep on the way there. I encourage this so I don’t have to listen to all the fear and paranoia. I have my own paranoia. “We’re here.” “I don’t want to go in there. Look, there are cops at the door.” There were cops at the door…
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Tim Barrus in the New York Times
AIDS in Appalachia I live in the Blue Ridge in Appalachia where health care is a nightmare. Public Health has waiting lists which means you cannot get an appointment for seven to eight months. Public Health throws you around like you are just a carcass of meat. They sexually exploit…
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medical abuse by blair
Often, the medical community, in its quest to reduce our humanity down to what it sees as manageable numbers, just creates bigger problems that are difficult and complex to even begin to solve. The medical community is indifferent, patriarchal, authoritarian, mean, and frequently wrong. Infectious disease specialists have a long…