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

[anne bonner]

He's not going to jail but he does seem to be frying in the meantime. But I
hear ya. Hopefully women google him first from now on.

a

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 6:24 AM, Denise Wozniak <deniseswozniak at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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