U=U
Undetectable = Untransmittable
U=U refers to “Undetectable=Untransmittable” and is a movement to educate about the clear scientific fact that if a person living with HIV is on effective antiretroviral medication and has a undetectable viral load, there is ZERO risk they can sexually transmit HIV to their sexual partners. Yup, zero risk. No risk. Just not possible.
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We’ll say it again in another way: people living with HIV on effective treatment DO NOT sexually transmit HIV
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And we’ll say it how Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say it “people who take ART [antiretroviral treatment] daily as prescribed and achieve and maintain an undetectable viral load have effectively no risk of sexually transmitting the virus to a HIV-negative partner”
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No matter how you say it, the facts remain the same. Undetectable=Untransmittable.