Hepatitis B carrier protests discrimination on street

A Chinese woman, nicknamed "Weeding," is a hepatitis B carrier. She had been living in fear and discrimination since she was 15. When she was 27 she went to study in Japan, and then she found out the facts behind her disease.

Recently, the girl started walking on the streets of domestic cities and holding a board for seeking someone to have dinner with her in order to tell them her story and the facts behind hepatitis B. According to her, the reason that she uses the name of "Weeding" is trying to eliminate the fear and discrimination in people's hearts.

The age of 15 might be the best time for a little girl in middle school. However, "Weeding"'s sky seemed to collapse suddenly after she was diagnosed with hepatitis B. Her life was full of fear and discrimination and not a happy time spent playing and eating together with families and friends.

Under the pressure of the disease and the belief that her life was going to end soon, the girl failed her college entrance examination. Later, she got the chance to study in Japan through her family's efforts.

At the beginning, she was worried the disease might impact her way of life in Japan. But, when she arrived in Japan she found that disease carriers in Japan did not suffer what she suffered, and the privacy rights of carriers were well protected by law. She then studied well the disease and found out the truth about hepatitis B.

In order to spread the scientific facts about the disease, she had the idea of encouraging some people to have dinner with her and tell them what's really going on.

By Wang Hanlu, People's Daily Online

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