The media reporting of criminal cases certainly contributes to this type of public perception. A few years ago, I had an opportunity to read all of the newspaper stories that we could accumulate about HIV non-disclosure criminal cases, from the very beginning to around 2016. It was about 1,600 newspaper articles. They are almost univocal in representing defendants as despicable people who are ruthless and have no regard for anyone. It's the type of representation that an earlier member of the committee represented.
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