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I'm sorry, where is this streaming again for international audience to watch? Which online streaming platform?

Huh? I didn't say there was anything wrong with it, now did I? Not sure why you would put words in my mouth. I'm just curious to know if the actors actually belong to the LGBT community or not. That is all. Never said there was anything wrong one way or the other.

It's just the 1st episode. Let's all try to be patient and give this drama a chance to grow on us. Not that it's bad, in fact I think it's already good but I just have that feeling it will get even better.

Damn it.

I don't know what to say to that. I can't help you if you don't believe in science. The only cure for the lack of belief in science, is more science.

Oh you're such a Wuss! Lol. Just kidding. I fucking cried too.

I don't think anyone writes a book or makes a film or a TV series with the intention of pleasing everybody and their Mom. It's just not possible. Everyone is realistic about this and knows that there will always be some people out there who won't appreciate your work because it's not their type of story. And that's okay. That's life. The creators of this series more than achieved their goal of satisfying a critical mass of their audience and that's a win. I don't think they were out to get everyone out there.

Peace Out? More like Mike Drop. Lol.

I didn't think the ending was sad.

I'm not a medical doctor so I'm not qualified to give medical advice to anyone, but I can appreciate your concerns about the long term usage of PrEP. I do understand that PrEP is not for everyone. Anyone who wishes to go on PrEP is required to take several tests before and during the usage of PrEP to determine their suitability to start and continue usage of PrEP. Those tests are wide ranging - HIV and STI testing, Hepatitis, liver function, kidney function, etc. These tests determine a person's suitability to start taking PrEP and suitability to continue taking PrEP because PrEP is not for everyone.

And if you or anyone is still worried about any potential long term side effects for PrEP, and if you choose to be in a long term relationship with a HIV+ partner, then maybe the best long-term solution for those in that situation might be to make sure that your partner is regularly taking their HIV medication as prescribed and maintaining an undetectable status. A combination of U=U and practicing safe sex is more than sufficient in that scenario if anyone does not wish to take PrEP because they are worried about any potential side effects of it's long term usage.

My personal view in general is that I don't think anyone should live their lives based on worst case scenarios especially if those worst case scenarios are extremely unlikely, perhaps even so unlikely that they're nearly impossible to happen. If people started living lives based on extremely unlikely scenarios then they would stop leaving their houses because, what if you leave your house and walk on the street and in that extremely unlikely scenario get hit by a bus? Better to just stay at home right? I'm pointing to this example to make a point about the silliness of making life decisions based on extremely unlikely worst case scenarios. You can't live your life like that.

With U=U it is medically impossible to transmit the virus through sex. Statistically speaking the likelihood of someone getting hit by a bus while walking on the street is much higher than the likelihood of getting infected by a HIV+ person who is taking their treatment as prescribed and maintaining a Undetectable status. That likelihood according to science is zero.

Maybe. Who knows.

Yes. I understand Gyu-ho can't perform with a condom which is why I talked about U=U as sufficient for prevention of transmission as well as the added protection of PrEP.

13 episodes? That's a really weird number for episodes of a K-drama. Isn't it usually 16, 12 or 8?

Can you explain what your concerns would be if your partner wants to be on PrEP by their own freewill? I do want to register some objection to your use of the word "making" because no one can really make someone take PrEP. It's by their own freewill. Nobody can be forced to do it.

Interesting. Yeah, I think I'm probably okay if we're writing some of this off as the creators taking artistic or creative liberties. Maybe I'll change my mind on that later. Lol.

Thank you so much for shedding light on this topic and the situation in Korea. It definitely helps to hear directly from a member of the LGBT community who is living in Korea.

I haven't read the novel, so I don't know what the timeline or period the novel writes about. I do know that the novel was published in 2019 and and my research indicates that S. Korea approved the use of PrEP in 2018, although I'm sure there must've been several barriers to access PrEP at that time (cost, availability, stigma, etc. - just to name a few) and perhaps some or all of those barriers still exist.

I won't judge the novel because I haven't read it, and I also don't know how faithful the TV series adaptation is to the novel. I do agree with you that a lot of blanks permeate the series which has invited questions and criticism, rightfully so. They could've and should've done a better job of handling this aspect of the plot.

You raise some really good philosophical questions about putting someone at risk. I guess it depends on person to person. Personally speaking, and this is purely hypothetical because I'm not in this situation - If I were HIV+, as long I took my treatment as prescribed and maintained an undetectable load, with my partner on PrEP and us practicing safe sex (using condoms), I would feel extremely comfortable with those triple barriers and triple assurances and I would absolutely not have any fear whatsoever of putting my partner at risk. But like I said, that would vary from individual to individual.

I thought that was just Kim Ji Won's luxurious outfits budget.

Just to be sure, by SEA, do you mean Southeast Asia? Sorry I'm not all caught up with all the acronyms people use these days.

To be honest, I was a little confused and not exactly sure as to what he bought in Thailand and why and for whom. My confusion is for two reasons. PrEP is NOT an over-the-counter medication. You need a doctor's prescription for it. So the boyfriend would need a prescription if he wanted to go on PrEP. It didn't look like the boyfriend had a prescription. Also, you need to take PrEP daily for 7 days before it reaches its maximum level of protection against infection. PrEP does NOT work overnight. So yeah, I'm not sure I fully understood what he bought in Thailand, why and for whom.