The TikToker Who Is Smashing HIV Stigma
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- čas přidán 3. 11. 2022
- The Southeastern United States is seeing a disproportionate number of new HIV cases, and the reason has a lot to do with stigmas around getting testing and seeking treatment. Marnina Miller contracted HIV in college, and those stigmas at first kept her quiet about her diagnosis. But now this young woman is an outspoken advocate for showing the world what it looks like to live a full life with HIV.
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I have a feeling the guy who gave her HIV knew he had it and gave it to her. That’s why he disappeared and was no longer to be found after he left the clinic. God bless her for turning this into something positive.
Glad there is folks like her out there that are helping people go through tough mental times involving this subject
The word tiktoker is pure cringe.
True
lol
Do you mean moist not cringe 😂
The stigma exists for a reason LOL I don't want to die slowly or find out about it from a hookup weeks or months prior
Why are people hating on this? Like what's wrong with yall?
Because the coming sence seems is gone
@@juffalo3504 Maybe bc it's not Vice's job to police others' opinions lol
There will always be assholes hun. That's life. And they have a right to have feelings and speak. In fact, I'm sure there are times when people have felt like you're the one that should be silenced. 🤷♀️
Boomers
Everytime Vice does any video related to LGBT+ topics the comment section becomes a cesspool of hatred. Their LGBT+ related videos are also disliked a lot. This one is at 50% like ratio.
@@jouaienttoi How can you tell how many downvotes there are?
Nice, i cant even imagine how difficult this would be. Good to know you are living your best life
Which in sin!
@Aprilll some more than others
“Her best life”??????? Obesity, possible heart disease, clogged arteries, high cholesterol, diabetes and last but not least…long lines at the buffet. Those were just a few examples that could slow her down from living the best life.
@@NickHurrBoi she got left 3 years at max
It is extremely difficult sounds like she’s getting off easy, that or lying to herself
As a gay man This is not the motivation she thinks it is “I felt gayer after my diagnosis” wtf? That didn’t sit well with me
That's bug chaser talk
@@rootfish2671 what does your comment even mean?
@@RyanAnthonyDigitalMedia Just google the term he used dude. Lol
@@clicheguevara5282 …Ew…
@@RyanAnthonyDigitalMedia Right? Never underestimate humanity's ability to be batshit crazy. Lol
The guy who gave her HIV, should be legally punished for what he did. He knew what he was doing.
After watching the whole thing, this lady is brave. She knows that some of you will be mean in the comments, but wants to help people anyway.
much respect for her!
She's powerful! Bringing HIV to the surface and showing the world HIV doesn't make you any less of a human being, is the only way to bring support and funds for a real cure. You are not HIV. You are Marnina Miller! Love and light!
Girl, thank you for sharing this story. I'm so glad I caught this. It is so easy to let awful things that happen in life make you think that it'll always be hard times, but you have a beautiful life and seem to be a very wonderful woman. This helped me focus on remembering I'm wonderful too🥰
a real angel ❤️❤️❤️
At least she’s open about it and responsible……
I’ll adore and Dior you Nessie ❤️
I think the stigma around multiple stds needs to be addressed more with things like HIV, herpes, and so on.
I knew an extremely wholesome girl that got herpes from the only man she’d ever been with. She felt her dating life would be over and was devastated. After researching it because of her, I started to see how stigmatized it was and how common HSV actually is and that it shouldn’t be shamed the way it has been.
My buddy almost slept with a girl that had herpes, luckily she told him right before so he got out of there
Really good point- the disease or infection doesn't care about your personality, profession, cleanliness, nothing. 📣
@@___MilkMan___ Yeah lucky for him but how dehumanizing for her. Herpes is so common that 1/4 to 1/3 of people have it anyway, and it hardly does anything to you in the long run; especially if you're a man. Women just have to worry about having an outbreak while giving birth, but outbreaks aren't very common. It's not worth throwing away an otherwise amazing mate.
Herpes rarely infects unless there's an outbreak and there's condoms. People are incredibly ignorant about STDs thus the stigma. Did you know herpes became common in Europeans as a biological response against the bubonic plague?
And which kind of herpes? You can have HSV1 or HSV2 in the genital OR mouth area, even though HSV2 is known as "genital herpes" while HSV1 is associated with cold sores. What is your friend going to do? Avoid everyone who gets a cold sore? LOL! Good luck!
This is why stigma continues and people start hiding their STD status. If anything the reason vaccines and treatment are coming out for Shingles (a herpesvirus), HIV, HPV and other things but you haven't heard about any for Herpes simplex one or two, is because of just how less of a threat or inconvenience they are!
@@Janeway1269 I think another thing that puts people off getting tested is feeling like they shouldn't be having sex too. I was tease relentlessly about sex because I have autism and all it done was push my sexual activities underground and being extremely secretive about them the point where I put off getting tested of STD's.
I only got tested a few days ago for the first time after a risky sexual encounter with a woman that happened in front of all my friends who started to put pressure on me to get tested once they realised she had chlamydia and watched me have sex with her.
@@mrdojob I don't know how your friends knew this woman had Chlamydia, but I'm glad you finally had it in you to get testing. No one should be shamed for being a sexual person. Honesty is the best way to go about it. I'm sorry that anyone made you upset. People are really awful to each other.
Thought she was Lizzo for a sec lol
I thought this was lizzo
Thank you ❤️
Much respect. She's helping so many people who are also HIV positive overcome the stigma as well as keeping others safe.
This is some bs. There SHOULD be a stigma on hiv, it’s a consequence of immoral behavior. How about learning people to be careful with their sexuality instead of praising this nonsense.
I love this lady! Gods bless her. 🙏🏿
She is a ray of light, what amazing person ❤
Slept around and got HIV.. such an amazing person
More like a solar eclipse.
Sending love ❤ I love her happy demeanor. I support you.
God bless her.
She really has a big heart and I’m sure the love she spreads has helped people through their tough times.
Big arteries too
Congestive heart failure?
@@letterl1840 😂😂😂😂
I bet it’s quite enlarged yes
@Joseph Campbell did we strike a nerve? Are youre loved ones obese HIV tiktokers too?
Love this❤❤❤❤
Man the ignorance and hate in this comment section is wild. There is a stigma against those with hiv and aids that has existed for as long as we have know about the disease people were afraid to even go near people with hiv because they believed they would catch it, obviously that’s not how it’s transmitted and we figured that a rather long time ago but the blatant ignorance of some still continues.
she might be HIV positive but with such a positive attitude it shows that literally nothing can stop you.
Long lines at the buffet are the only thing’s that could stop her.
@@whateverwhatever4026 might not get rid of the disease but will allow her to live a normal life without transmitting the disease to anyone seems a like win in my book. proud of her :)
@@whateverwhatever4026 Diabetes, asthma, and other chronic, incurable diseases can be managed to live a normal life. HIV included
@@whateverwhatever4026 No but someone regularly taking their medication correctly becomes unable to transmit the virus at all
@@whateverwhatever4026 given that the annual rate of global hiv infection is decreasing, seems like a lot of people care and take it seriously
God bless you sis
Sister needs a humanitarian award❤❤❤❤
???
I agree and others who are just as Brave and courageous as she!
@@SandStormXII she needs an award for being alive lmao
Very interesting! Glad she's so positive & turning this experience into something that can help educate others. Wishing her the best !
For those who can't see:
As of this comment, this video is currently at 588 likes and 830 dislikes.
Good
@@terrymullins9772 update: 750 likes, 1.1k dislikes
@@Sloppy_McFloppy Thank you, the majority being being ignored as usual !, 👍
@@Sloppy_McFloppy which extension you are using?
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God Bless her!
I'm Glad that people have a positive outlook on their diagnoses, as someone who lives with Type 1 diabetes its important to have a positive attitude about life long conditions. But the fact that California decriminalized knowingly giving someone HIV is OUTRAGOUS.
Sending you so much love 💚
How about instead of sending love send steaks, cupcakes, chocolate, Popeyes, spaghettiO’s, spam and cases of soda. She would almost certainly appreciate that more than boring “love”.
@@NickHurrBoi bruh what
@@NickHurrBoi lol, I'm not in the USA, or else I would have. But it looks like girl is thriving, so I hope she spoils herself and gets a nice treat.
Much blessings
TIK Tok should be banned.
yesss!!! love to see u thriving!
To stand in long lines at buffets shows determination and her desire to thrive once the plate has been piled up.
She smashes a few too many cheeseburgers as well
Yep
I ADMIRE YOUR STRENGTH. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS AND KEEP YOU
Good for her for being so positive and having such a great attitude. With that being said, HIV has a stigma attached to it because it’s an incurable disease. It has nothing to do with her being black, overweight, poor or whatever else. People will always be scared about HIV because it’s terrible. To make it seem like there’s some kind of discrimination is ridiculous.
Yea but that’s how our world works apparently
No. Because being in a closed room with a co-worker isn’t going to infect you with HIV. Stigma is what prevents people from being confident to have conversations about getting tested, but it’s dire that they do. Education is important. Many people still don’t even know that PREP exist. Yes there are PRE exposure drugs to prevent HIV. There are POST exposure drugs that can be given to you within 72 hours of infection. Knowing can make all the difference.
Imagine being so delusional that you really feel there’s no discrimination against certain populations regarding HIV and AIDS.
What? HIV was for the longest time considered a "gay" disease. It's definitely stigmatized not just cause it's incurable.
Very *positive* indeed.
the comments are not it, people clearly do not understand the stigma surrounding HIV. Very proud of this woman
Understand it perfectly, it's a STD completely preventable by people who can keep it in their pants. The overwhelming majority of HIV patients got it though copious unprotected sex with strangers.
getting HIV is not it
God Bless You
She's pretty & I ❤️ her personality. She has a positive attitude towards having H I.V.
That guy knew he had it you should have been arrested
Another reason to never travel to the south.
She is like a fresh breath of air...thank you team DW.
“A breath of fresh air”…..More like a breath of steak, ice cream, cupcakes, Popeyes, spaghettiO’s, spam and chocolate.
Much respect for this brave , inspiring and amazing individual. You are a gift to the world Marnina Miller.
HIV Baddie living her best life i know that's right. I can see where she allowed herself to feel her feelings and feel sorry for herself and then decided to you know what? I'm going to live and educate others. Wish her nothing but the best
You are so strong. You are breaking chains . Keep shining your beautiful light and sharing facts .
she is incredibly articulate. she is so impressive!
Love love thisssss!!! ♥️🙌
good for her 👏
Beautiful and inspirational!. ♡︎♡︎
You must be joking !
Look at what Michael J. Fox, that has Parkinson, is doing, now compare to this....
why is hiv still spreading with prep ?
Because governments and people won't pay for it/can't afford it. In the UK you can get prep on the NHS very easily thank god. I''m a gay guy but I don't use prep because I don't live the "hook up" life.
Many homosexual males ignore taking precautions, including condoms and prep. Some gay men are on the downlow and hide their gay identity, In the US, 50% of gay black males are HIV positive.
It's very expensive. But in places like NYC that have made it more accessible and affordable, the infection rates have continued to go down
@@retinapeg1846that means nothing. I have sex less than 10 times a year and was still infected. Take it. The stigma is worse than the disease. I’m healthy but it’s like I’ve been invaded 😩. I can’t find anyone being truthful, it’s like this fake positivity is so annoying. There is a LIVING thing inside me actively attempting to ruin my body and shut down my immune system. It feels like someone living in your basement in a cage that won’t die until you do. And you have to hope you have enough security to keep them locked in. But if you invite someone into your “home” you could also transfer this intruder. Who would want to go into someone’s home knowing there’s a murderer in their basement? Like we’re living with this virus but we were like everyone else before, we had our own fears, we shunned people, and now we’re living under the constant fear of exposure, social and medically. It’s like being gay in 1960. There’s few things in the modern era that carry this much stigma it’s literally debilitating. So, just take prep if you have access to it. Promiscuity is not the only cause of this illness.
SHE ATEE
Why did I thought that was lizzo 💀
Im not crying 😢.
He knew he had it….
a baddie? idk about that one
I thought this was the same lady thats on the Trevor noah show.
lmao 827 likes should speak VOLUMES about this
you lack credibility
I know this is Vice but this must be a joke right?
At least it not AIDS... 😮
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Badass Shame Vanquisher
FOR ANY AND EVERYBODY WHO HAS SOMETHING NEGATIVE TO SAY. THIS IS MY NIECE SHE IS HIGHLY LOVED. EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU HAS SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY WHO IS LIVING WITH OR HAS DIED FROM. THOSE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN’T THROW STONES. CHECK YOURSELF…
Let them know auntie!! 👏👏
@@whateverwhatever4026 let's not pretend like you didn't let the neighborhood crackhead babysit your kids for a case of beer lmao. Bye.
How dare you think I would throw stones…I’m throwing steaks, cupcakes, spaghettiO’s, spam, Popeyes and cases of soda.
BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOURS STAY PROTECTIVE
Nope, no one in my family has it or had it because we know how to protect ourselves
Remember when vice used to post pictures of dead bodies on this channel
hey this is on the same level as that are you not repulsed?
@@harleyjudy2850 it definitely ain’t
Imagine being over the age of 13 and using tiktok
Imagine thinking only children are on the largest social media app.
@@jiggly-puffy Except TikTok isn't the largest social media app.
@@iloveyouamberappel ONE of the largest
@@iloveyouamberappel alaina's point still stands
@@astrixastrid I disagree. Highest percentage users are definitely children.
No one is going to say it?
Shouldn't it have a stigma? It's a horrible virus leading to a deadly auto-immune disorder
Toxic positivity at it's highest. Fully agree 💯
No. Because being in a closed room with a co-worker isn’t going to infect you with HIV. Stigma is what prevents people from being confident to have. conversations about getting tested, but it’s dire that they do. Education is important. Many people still don’t even know that PREP exist. Yes there are PRE exposure drugs to prevent HIV. There are POST exposure drugs that can be given to you within 72 hours of infection. Knowing can make all the difference.
No it's not? Where have u been? It is no longer 1993. It is actually way more unhealthy to be as large as she is.
But I do not think either having HIV or living with morbid obesity should be celebrated. Nobody should think that. She comes pretty close to celebrating when she shouldn't be.
@@Windmaster332 💯 exactly they be promoting this scum
You seriously can’t be that ignorant, there’s a stigma around people with hiv and aids since the 90s people didn’t even want to go near them because they thought they could get aids obviously that’s no how it’s transmitted
Stop eating
I have catholic point of view so some points I see a different way BUT this girl is very brave 💓 to chose to live anyway. Despite the diagnosis. Never give up💓. You are great aunt 👍
Do... do catholics not believe in the non-preferential nature of viruses?
I absoultely do believe that, bad things that may happened to every person.
Ohhh boy
yeah im definitly going to get tested im literly weight and loss off appetite
I don't want whatever hiv stigma is. Is it worse than hiv?
It just means the misunderstandings around being HIV positive :) It's not another condition. When you are positive and on medication you cannot pass it on.
Well... all the weight is not helping you out fighting HIV that's for sure
Over half of adults of US are obese at this point is it really an insult?
@@bernardsloan5224 yes.
@@bernardsloan5224 yea it’s still terrible just because everyone is terrible
God bless you Marnina💜
lizzo????
Why does this video have soo many dislikes??
She's so unhealthy. The HIV is the least of her problems.
It's quite obvious.
You want hiv?
sorry im loosing weight too fast plus loss of appetite
Moral of the story: Don't sleep with people in the south!
fr
HIV stigma, everyone should stigmatize HIV because we all should be very cautious about this deadly sickness. It also can effect other people around you if you aren’t careful. The fat acceptance was one thing but this is wayy to much. Was this really a necessary video?
honestly!! was this really needed? not at all
Marlina would have the rest of humanity infected so she feels included
it’s a stigma against PEOPLE living with hiv they’re fighting against, not the disease itself ffs
Randomly generated youtube video idea
Bro costs 99 mana and got a poison spell
She gets fans because she looks healthy and people are dumb enough to think there must be something special about her just because she has friends.....
Baddie????
@@brandonwallen for real replace the B with an F and the D’s with 2 T’s then the statement is true.
Hell yeah! You're a badass
This is nasty
ummm no... eww
Love to know what you do to keep your weight on. All I see is people who have HIV that are seriously underweight. Glad you were diagnosed after 2000. Better and safer meds.
I’m curious… did any of the people you mentioned as being underweight have full blown AIDS?
@@Only1Tweet yes but they took meds and back to being undectable.
Thought that was Lizzo at first
Ummm I don't know how to feel about this....
How do you initially feel after watching the video?
@@Lemons19902010 like why people want their STD to be some social media exploit, or make it seem positive....sex is sex with protection
Is this a commercial for Marnina or did VICE think this was a good news piece?
Heart attack in 3...2...1...
I love you
Bye girl.
I still don't want it,but good on her with the positive attitude.
Yea she should of been a open lesbian vs getting with a guy.
Is this really lowering stigma of HIV or normalizing HIV? Her HIV status is protected under HIPAA, and she is only required to inform medical professionals and her s3x partner, so unless she advertises to random people she wont experience stigma.
No one is saying to normalise HIV.
This is for special social status, yes.
Yeah there still is a deep shame that comes with diagnosis for many, think about what people think about HIV what’s the first thing that people think?
Some people actually ignore medical care because they don’t want to deal with it or like her feel like they need to wait to die. Having someone openly discuss living with it happily must be extremely relieving for someone who possibly just found out and are dreading life.
@@bernardsloan5224 Stigma is a set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something. This isn’t the 1990s and prevailing societal view of HIV is that it is a deadly disease if untreated. This view is actually factual and neither negative or unfair so it shouldn’t be characterized as a stigma.
Nah, this is just filling up her pockets.
Smashin' dem burgers