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\"Each state has different guidelines so you’ll want to look into yours. Definitely need patience, resolve, access to internet to do this,\" JVN assured. \"If you can help others obtain information or access plz [do] so.\"

The \"Queer Eye\" star's famous friends, including co-star Tan France, congratulated him on being able to receive his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

JVN first revealed he was HIV-positive in his 2019 memoir, \"Over the Top.\"

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