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“The H in HIV stands for human, because it affects us all. HIV does not discriminate,” is the response of the Aidsfonds to statements by Forum for Democracy Leader Thierry Baudet. He said at a party meeting that AIDS, the disease caused by the HIV virus, does not actually occur among “white, straight men”. This to the anger of Humberto Tan, who in his television program on RTL4 called the statements “triggering” “with a racist, homophobic sauce”.
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According to the Aidsfonds, skin color has nothing to do with having AIDS. “It concerns access to life-saving medicines, which is less well regulated in Africa than in the Netherlands,” said a spokeswoman. According to the Aidsfonds, 37 million people worldwide are said to have the virus, “on every continent and of all genders and ages”. Nearly 700,000 people die from AIDS every year. According to the foundation, AIDS “almost no longer occurs” in the Netherlands. According to the Aidsfonds, figures from the HIV Monitoring Foundation show that thirteen people died from the consequences in the Netherlands last year. The skin color and orientation of these people is not known to the Aidsfonds.
“Fewer and fewer people are getting HIV thanks to HIV treatment, the HIV prevention pill and condoms,” the Aidsfonds said in a statement. According to the foundation, approximately 22,000 people are still living with HIV in our country, “who remain healthy with medication and who no longer transmit HIV”.
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At a FVD party meeting in Heerhugowaard, Baudet said that there is an “irrational” fear of AIDS in the Netherlands. “The chance that a white straight person will get AIDS is smaller than the chance that he will be struck by lightning. Actually, AIDS does not exist for white straight people.” Baudet says he made these statements via Instagram to point to a culture of fear, which, according to him, is now also reflected in the approach to the corona virus.
Tan reacted emotionally to what he believes to be homophobic and racist statements by Baudet. The presenter mentioned examples of his own brother and brothers Mark Rutte and Eberhard van der Laan, who died from the effects of AIDS.
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