26:41 Totally. Totally. I love this. We'll go through all the comparisons. It's going to be good. And then the other thing was, what did the guy say? Out of fear, I isolated. Yep. I felt like I couldn't, you know, couldn't be around people. Stigma. Stigma. Yeah, but I have a totally different. You'll figure out at the end what my stance is. I don't want to ruin it for you or the producers out there, but let's go ahead and get into number six. Today, about 38,000 Americans are still diagnosed each year. DeAndre Moore was 19.
27:19 Remember staring at a window covered in butterfly stickers. In that moment, all I could think was, DM, if I could be one of those butterflies and just fly away from here, then everything is going to be okay. Ray F. Durazzi had a similar reaction. He was 27. So I knew next to nothing about what it meant to be diagnosed with HIV. It was a steep learning curve. And what did you learn? Well, I learned that I'm not going to die. I'm alive and well. You think back to that moment with the butterfly? What would you tell yourself in that moment? You're going to be okay. You're going to be just as beautiful. Today, all four of these men are undetectable.
27:59 And all are advocates, sharing their stories to educate the public and fight the stigma. It's taken us 30 years of the AIDS crisis to teach the whole world that our lives and our loves are equal to everyone else. It blows my mind just how far we've come. And then just what's possible now. So what is possible now? My mind immediately says, what isn't possible? That's the answer. When was this aired on today's show? This was aired last year, I believe.
28:40 It's good. I love the music changes and everything. It's well done. Oh, it is good. It is good. They're good. So let me ask you this question. Why do we have so many new cases? They made a point to express there's a bunch of new cases. 36,000 a year, I think they said. Right. We have this PrEP drug. Yeah, these are the fools have not. Yeah, they haven't taken it. The fools. No. Well, shouldn't well. Prep doesn't actually, I think PrEP doesn't actually stop you from getting AIDS. That's what, that's what they just said. Undetectable equals unspreadable. What did the guy say? Undetectable equals unspreadable or something like that? Oh, shit, we should go back. Hold on a second. Where was that? I think it's, no, it's in clip two at the end.
29:23 Like happened in the last 30 seconds. Okay, hold on a second. Transmit the virus. So Bruce started an advocacy group and coined just a little bit. So I didn't love. I just, I always. isolated myself. Back a little further. No, no, you get you good. You get the okay. Yeah. Because they and other people believe that they're infectious and they're not. Diagnosed in 2003, Bruce Richmond says. That's it. No, no, no, keep going. He was terrified of giving HIV to someone else. So I didn't love. I just, I isolated myself. I was depressed. And times I was suicidal. But then he learned medication could reduce his viral load to undetectable levels, meaning he couldn't transmit the virus.
30:06 So Bruce started an advocacy group and coined the phrase, you equals you. Undetectable equals untransmittable. Message endorsed. Yep. Got it. Great endorsed by the CDC. Endorsed by the CDC. Okay. Undetectable equals untransmittable. So why are we having new cases? Because shouldn't we be trying to flatten that curve? Yeah, I'm just asking. Yeah, we should lock them all up. Lock everybody. You ain't going to go there. I mean, but shouldn't we make prep drugs available for free to help this community, the LGBT community, which this drug, especially the
30:47 dark LGBT community? Why are these drugs not available for free? Well, I don't know. So I don't know the availability and the cost. I don't know if they are covered under government or social health care programs. Why can't I walk in my Safeway right now and get free prep drugs if this will flatten the curve? Have you tried? I know I'm being facetious, but I'm just saying. No, of course. I know what I can walk into Safeway and get for free right now. This is true. I'm just saying, I mean, if we're being acted in good faith, like I said, I'm just asking that question.
31:29 Yeah, no, I agree. It's Truvada, I think, is the bunch of them. Well, that's the main one, I guess. It's over 30. Oh, wow. Is it generic by now? I know it's over 30. And I know I've been seeing those commercials for a long time. A very long time, yeah. So I'm sure it is generic. I'm just saying it shouldn't even be prescription. It should be just like Halloween candy. Well, you should be able to go pick it up off your shelf and it's over-the-counter. If we can save lives. I mean, if that's what we're doing, I'm being contrary in a way, but I'm just saying that one, you can't have it both ways.
32:11 You can't have it that this is still a lingering epidemic, which it is, because like I said, people are catching it and dying from it. But at the same time, the thing that could solve this problem to make it untransmittable is not being doled out with the same energy. Holy crap. Is it because a month's supply of Truvada without insurance? Want to take a guess? $350. Try $2,000. Oh, how about that? But these people of color in the LGBT community be LGBT community.
32:56 I know it's more than that. Yeah, they can just cough it up or die, is your point. Why is it not readily available? This is a very good question. Is it because who it is? Well, you want my answer? My answer is, I mean, being rhetorical. I'm just, it may make it make sense, is what I'm saying. Okay, well, all right. Well, let's look. Okay, so clearly this has to be about money. Otherwise, why would they be doing it this way? So a bigger question is if they've traumatized Black America, so-called Black America, but they can't afford it, then what are they doing?
33:37 So who would they? Who are they advertising to? Is that your question? Yeah. It's a very good question. Maybe they're just doing it just to keep fear going and probably sell to the, you know, they sell enough to the rich people of all colors. Like I said, I'm just saying that these two marginalized groups of people should they are being treated very unfairly in this AIDS issue. I am in agreement with you, according to the social norms of today. Yes. It is an outrage. In fact, we need to have posters. Yes. Do you really love me? Is the question. Yeah. No, of course, Mo, you make a great point.