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Animation showing the logo of the HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program coming into view. TITLE SLIDE: Life Beyond HIV Animation showing the title fading from view. |
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Close-up camera view of Daniel Driffin. Banner text: Daniel Driffin. Co-founder, THRIVE-SS Inc. |
Daniel Driffin: Since 2015, it's been a rocket ship. You know, from being able to, not only create an organization for people living with HIV, to speak on national stages, to even traveling internationally. |
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GRAPHICS SLIDE: Photo of Daniel Driffin in high school looking at the camera with other unnamed people in the background. Photo fades into the next photo. The next photo shows a smiling Daniel Driffin waving a Pride flag at the Atlanta Pride Parade. Final photo fades back to the close-up camera view of Daniel Driffin. |
Daniel Driffin: And communicate, you know, and tell individuals who are vulnerable to HIV, who are living with HIV, that more exists. |
| Close-up camera view of Daniel Driffin. | Daniel Driffin: I finally built up the courage …built up...um....something. Something changed inside of me that really told me that, you know, you can invite others. Specifically, you can invite your family in. |
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GRAPHICS SLIDE: Photo of Daniel Driffin standing on stage at the 2019 CDC HIV Prevention Conference for the Closing Plenary on Reducing HIV Stigma with six other people. The group stands in front of a projected PowerPoint slide. The title of the slide reads “Building the Strategy to End AIDS in Fulton County: Objectives & Actions.” A sign on the PowerPoint slide reads “Fulton County Task Force On HIV/AIDS June 27, 2016. Our Time Is NOW!” The photo fades into the next photo. The next photo shows a promotional graphic for a Facebook Live Panel Discussion featuring Daniel Driffin and several others. The promotional graphic reads “The Silent Epidemic: Black Gay Men and HIV.” Final photo fades back to the close-up camera view of Daniel Driffin. |
Daniel Driffin: You know, something finally said inside of me that, they are not going to shun you. They are not going to walk away. So, I did that in 2015. |
| Close-up camera view of Daniel Driffin. | Daniel Driffin: When I think about the ways the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program has impacted me specifically, I instantly think about the access to services. When I think about the access to services, that definitely includes providing health insurance through, you know, the Ryan White Program. |
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GRAPHICS SLIDE: Photo of Daniel Driffin at an Elton John AIDS Foundation Meeting. Daniel Driffin is seated with a large group of people that includes Sir Elton John. Final photo fades back to the close-up camera view of Daniel Driffin. |
Daniel Driffin: To specifically be able to see a physician in a medical team that looks like me, that sounds like me and that's really...literally in my neighborhood. |
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Close-up camera view of Daniel Driffin. GRAPHICS SLIDE: Photo fades back to the close-up camera view of Daniel Driffin. Camera view of Daniel Driffin fades into the closing slide. |
Daniel Driffin: HIV has provided huge benefits, benefits that I will never be able to enumerate. There is life after your diagnosis, and life is...life is good. Life is great. |
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CLOSING SLIDE: For more information on HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, visit ryanwhite.hrsa.gov. Logo of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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