[Viva] Charges against man accused of keeping HIV status from 12 women could be dropped | CTV Vancouver News

[Denise Wozniak]

Anne - well said! Shannon, I couldn't have done it and you definitely put
yourself last in helping others understand... you're amazing.



On Wed, Apr 25, 2018, 11:06 PM Shannon Olson <mckee_law at msn.com> wrote:

> Thank you for the kind words, Anne... Just trying to do the right thing
> for the community; while suppressing my true inner desire to see him fry as
> a means of feeling redeemed for the 15 years of abuse, humiliation, and
> isolation.
>
> I can only pray for this chapter to be closed.
>
> Hugs,
>
> Shannon
>
> ------ Original message------
> *From: *anne bonner
> *Date: *Wed, Apr 25, 2018 9:26 PM
> *To: *viva at lists.resist.ca;
> *Cc: *
> *Subject:*Re: [Viva] Charges against man accused of keeping HIV status
> from 12 women could be dropped | CTV Vancouver News
>
> Shannon you are such a fkn champ. You were totally dragged into this mess
> and while you could just hide you are instead doing the good work. I'm
> sorry you have to go through this, but you are such an amazing woman and
> you can do it! It will all be over sooner or later! Jezus H christ!
>
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 11:41 AM, Shannon Olson <mckee_law at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> I was contacted by this reporter a couple of weeks ago after I was made
>> aware from Crown that Brian's charges were being terminated. Trust me,
>> before I spoke with Jon Woodward, this story was headed down a very
>> aidsphobic path, I was actually surprised to see it so as good as it came
>> out. I did my best to educate him and to ask him to focus on more of the
>> good news story that people with a low viral load were virtually
>> uninfectious and to use this opportunity to reduce stigma and
>> discrimination and bring some greater good to the world. I gave him names
>> to contact and begged him not to quote me or my family but to get the right
>> medical information to bring this to the public's attention. Having a quote
>> from one of the complainants, I believe, made the story more rounded to
>> highlight the attitudes which still exist amongst people in regards to
>> realistic possibility of transmission.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Sent from my LG Mobile*
>>
>> ------ Original message------
>> *From: *Denise Wozniak
>> *Date: *Wed, Apr 25, 2018 11:18 AM
>> *To: *viva at lists.resist.ca;
>> *Cc: *
>> *Subject:*Re: [Viva] Charges against man accused of keeping HIV status
>> from 12 women could be dropped | CTV Vancouver News
>>
>> Also.. a lesson is that we are all responsible for our own bodies (except
>> in assault cases, abuse, cohersion) and this blame game has to stop when
>> there is no chance of infection, education is the key - by cutting off
>> funds to community groups, education will suffer. Highlighting the woman's
>> fear before the facts in this interview was irresponsible.
>>
>> Denise
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 11:06 AM, Denise Wozniak <
>> deniseswozniak at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I totally agree Anne. Even now they don't show the face of the person
>>> infected and freely show Brian's which affects his previous family. It's
>>> not like the press weren't aware of the medication and it's improvements..
>>> they can research before scaring people and increasing stigma.  It's
>>> terrible reporting.
>>>
>>> Denise
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 9:27 AM, anne bonner <thewoodbuffalo at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jeez what a ride. Brian's pretty out there but he is actually doing it,
>>>> changing the law and forcing them to wake up about treatment as prevention.
>>>> I do feel bad for the women but there is so much there to it. Scaring
>>>> people because they are ignorant to facts shouldn't be against the law.
>>>> Just goes to show that there needs to me a shift in media bias in these
>>>> stories - it sounds like the journalists are aidsphobic as well or are just
>>>> playing into the fears of the general public in order to get readership.
>>>> Write letters to the newspapers, editors, and journalists when you see
>>>> biased and fear-mongering articles! This shit has to stop.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 9:08 AM, shelly tognazzini <
>>>> shetognazzini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://bc.ctvnews.ca/charges-against-man-accused-of-keeping-hiv-status-from-12-women-could-be-dropped-1.3900835
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