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There are those who don’t know
There can be a silent killer that grows
Do we bury our heads
And hope for the best
Or get tested and treated
Put this virus to rest
This genotype, that genotype
Is all in the same
It is damaging our livers
Whatever it’s name
Stage 1 or stage 4
When would you know
When it’s destruction has enabled
Other organs to flow
When your aches
And your pains
seem to never go
You’re sick and you’re weak
And your mind is unclear
Do I tell you
Or do I not
Will it bring about fear ?
Will you question me ?
How was this to come about ?
Some will know
Some will doubt
Some will never know
How it came about
When I tell you I have this
Please do not fear
You can not catch it
From a sneeze
Or a cough
Or by me being near
Not from a kiss
Or a hug
Or food that we share
It is through contact
Of only blood
That the danger may be there
We were not warned
We did not know
That this virus that runs through us
Would cripple us so
Our faith in a system
That was not in good trust
Have left some alone
In trail of dust
Awareness and marathons
For Parkinsons/Aids and MS
Our fate has been tested
Along with the rest
Get tested and treated
Do it today
There will be obstacles
You will have to face
Throughout the way
With treatment
Not cheap
And how will we pay?
Maybe it will be covered By OHIP some day
How long will it take?
Do we have time?
For the news we await
There is better and new treatment
This new medicine here
Will take and make
This virus go away
It has now been approved
By the F.D.A.
So we sit and we pray
As we wait for the normalcy
Of just everyday
We remember those who have died
And those who still fight
A slow growing killer
That has not been given its due light
It is never too late
For all whom we can educate
Get Tested and treated
Do it today
Hep C is this virus
And it will not go away
Even with treatment
It just may stay…