Don’t need to try again. I got it right the first time. All the Nope try again in the world doesn’t change that.
You’re wrong. And normally I wouldn’t waste my time explaining why you’re wrong, but this is important. To me, anyway.
The character was created for the South African (SA) version of Sesame Street. Not the U.S. version. At a time when around 1 in 9 people in SA were HIV positive. Contracted mostly from heterosexual contact.
Lots of kids were orphaned (and HIV positive, contracting it from their moms). The character was created as a way to reach out to these kids who were HIV positive, along with kids who didn’t have it but knew someone who did.