*Let’s all be brutally honest here. Magic Johnson never looked sick in all the years he’s been on camera. He claims he’s not on any special, magical, rich man’s drug to suppress or completely eliminate his HIV, but it’s hard to believe he’s still got the virus, right?
For the non-believers, he addressed the issue head on with The Root, saying he’s been carrying HIV for 21 years.
He addressed a small crowd of HIV/AIDS prevention workers and journalists at New York City’s Gramercy Park Hotel recently, explaining the emotional and physical process he had to go through to deal with the disease. But the real news is that he’s also endorsing a new at-home HIV test out on the market called OraQuick.
It’s the first of its kind, FDA approved. In less than 20 minutes, test takers get real results and only for $39. The oral test detects antibodies of HIV-1 and -2.
While it’s all gravy, everything has its downfall.
According to the FDA, the test “would produce one false-negative result for every 13 true-positive tests.” It can also be administered incorrectly.
So, though it still isn’t ‘fool-proof’, it does give people an opportunity to check things out in private.
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I am not very smart on HIV and survival. Does anyone know what the survival rate is compared to how Magic has endured?
This is the best I could come up with. http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/1901-magic-johnson-hiv-aids-anniversary.html
I had a discussion with friends about this last year because of the rumor that Magic had been cured of HIV from some treatment in Africa. Which I thought was pretty dumb. If diagnosed today, an otherwise healthy person could live 50 years. The difference between Magic and other people diagnosed around the same time is Magic probably had the money to acquire drugs that may have been experimental at the time. Most insurance companies don’t cover things like that. He is also in position to change his lifestyle to one that is more conducive to surviving with HIV.
I still want to know how he really got the “Monster”. . . I too heard many moons ago, that he was cured
By you calling it the “monster” makes it difficult for anyone with HIV to discuss it openly. What if people started calling breast cancer the “monster”.