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“A Wild Journey”: Long-Term HIV Survivor Jeffrey Drew Risks His Life To Undergo Experimental AIDS Cure In ‘Right To Try’ - Deadline

“A Wild Journey”: Long-Term HIV Survivor Jeffrey Drew Risks His Life To Undergo Experimental AIDS Cure In ‘Right To Try’ - Deadline

“A Wild Journey”: Long-Term HIV Survivor Jeffrey Drew Risks His Life To Undergo Experimental AIDS Cure In ‘Right To Try’ - Deadline
Dec 08, 2021 1 min, 16 secs

There are people who live their lives in service to others, and then there’s Jeffrey Drew.

When the opportunity came about in 2019 to participate in a clinical trial of a potential HIV cure, Drew had every reason to say no: He was doing fine on his meds, and the experimental treatment could destroy his health.

The film, which is contending for Oscar consideration, debuted on the Peacock streaming service December 1, World AIDS Day.

“People are on medications, but there are people around the world that are still dying because of HIV and AIDS.

“Goliath is Big Pharma… In this country, disease has been monetized in a way that the more people who need access to treatment, the more money [pharmaceutical companies] make.

In our film we, in a very brief way, sort of highlight the idea that there will be no cures to these diseases unless there is action from the people, because the companies who create the treatments are making so much money–billions and billions and billions of dollars.”.

“I tested positive at the bleakest time of the AIDS epidemic, a young gay boy,” Drew said at the Q&A.

So far, the experimental treatment Drew underwent has been working beautifully and his viral load remains undetectable

“I’m not smart enough to cure AIDS or cancer or anything fantastic like that. But I can give service and I can go help someone find treatment or be kind, all that stuff

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