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Magic’s very busy Johnson

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by madmonkey37, Feb 22, 2010.

  1. Launch Pad

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    Can you find a link to a news article verifying that? I've never heard anything to that effect before.
     
  2. bullardfan

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    since you don't bother reading...

    "Just last night, I did a seminar with a group of high school girls," Myisha Patterson, 25, national health coordinator for the NAACP, said Thursday. "I had them write down three things they knew about HIV/AIDS. Somebody wrote, 'There's a cure for AIDS. Look at Magic Johnson.' "

    Johnson says he's anything but cured. He says he owes his well-being — and quite possibly his life — to the multidrug cocktail he takes everyday.

    The drugs, GlaxoSmithKline's Trizivir and Abbott's Kaletra, are standard treatments used by many thousands of others infected with the AIDS virus, HIV.

    Johnson can also credit luck and possibly the conditioning that comes from playing up to 100 heart-pounding NBA games a year.

    he is also active in the asian american community because the doctor who helped him control his infection is chinese-american. however, nobody has found a cure for stupidity unfortunately for you. show me the article or video where he says he isn't HIV positive.
     
  3. Awesome

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    I remember sitting at my wife's, (at the time my gf) and I saw a JET magazine with Magic and Cookie on the front

    They were talking about how God healed him and so on... anyway

    Not confirming or disputing that, its just something I remember seeing so many years ago


    http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19288988.html
     
  4. DaDakota

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    IIRC,

    The drug cocktails can stop the Virus from spreading, but not kill it, and it will make it nearly undetectable in the blood stream.

    If Magic ever stopped taking the drugs, there is no doubt he would develop full blow Aids.

    DD
     
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    well somehow he didn't give it to his wife. i never really understood how she avoided getting infected unless she knew how much of a w**** he was and refused to have sex with him. who knows.... :confused:
     
  6. Williamson

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    If he was having sex with 300-500 people a year, when did he even have time to stop and do his wife? I would be willing to bet they had no sex life with one another and she was just around for their kids + millions and millions of dollars.
     
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    It is much more likely to catch HIV with someone of the gay population. I also believe he engaged sex with trannies or men.
     
  8. bullardfan

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    i think he was asking why it's easier. because with male to male intercourse there is a higher likelihood of torn tissue thus easier access to ur bloodstream.
    kinda like sticking a tab of e up ur ass. so many blood vessels are gathered at that juncture thus giving u maximum absorption of the drug. next to mainlining mdma that is.
    once again higher probability of being infected. everyone can get infected via intercourse be it anal or vaginal.

    and magic was screwin everyone n their grandma but not his wife. thats y she wasnt infected.

    god healed him.. i guess u could see it that way. he prolly uses a lot of different meds n treatments not open to the public. e.g. selenium is known to help maintain control of an infection.
     
  9. gambingo

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    so how long has it been since he was diagnosed HIV+? :confused:
     
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    I was thinking exactly the same thing...
     
  11. amaru

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    Some viruses have two different life cycles, an active one and a dormant one.

    HIV can go dormant by intergrating itself into the host's cells and lay undetected for quite some time.

    Also it is possible that his viral load is low enough not to be detected. However like some have said before, if he were to stop taking the cocktail the HIV load would increase.
     
  12. amaru

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    I don't think that is because of any biological differences btwn men and women.

    The difference in infection rate more than likely stems from the reluctance to use contraceptives.
     
  13. rimrocker

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    Magic's still the starting PG on the All-Time NBA Team.
     
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    I'm rich...biatch!

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    A conspiracy to scare off all the women that want to have sex with him and all NBA players from playing with him. That makes sense. It made his playing career and sex life a whole lot better. :rolleyes:
     
  16. Depressio

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    I wonder how many people he gave it to before he found out he was positive?
     
  17. amaru

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    No telling unfortunately.

    10.......100.......0? who knows?
     
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    If he was taking it up the #2 with men, he may have been getting more than giving.
     
  19. Ariza4MVP

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    love the title....freakin hilarious
     

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