That message was delivered to the annual meeting of AIDS Saint John by Dr. Michael O'Shaughnessy, the founding director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.
Dr. O'Shaughnessy tells CHSJ News if the Seek and Treat program, which provides anti-retroviral therapy to those with HIV, can be adopted throughout the country, the epidemic could be broken.
He says one of the best way to combat HIV is interrupting the transmission of it and argues government policies made the drug problem on Vancouver's notorious downtown east side worse.
