how the heck is magic johnson not dead with aids yet?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

didn't he get it like 20 years ago?

 

[trmiv]

Because he doesn't have aids

 

[xanis]

he has HIV, not AIDS. there's a difference.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

oh ok, so how come it hasn't become full blown aids yet?
sex ed was like too long ago.

 

[91TTZ]

When I was in high school, some guy with aids came to our school and said that Magic would be dead within 4 years. That was in 1994.

Drugs have improved a lot since then.

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
oh ok, so how come it hasn't become full blown aids yet?
sex ed was like too long ago.

He takes care of himself and can afford the best drugs money can buy.

 

[Demo24]

I thought I read somewhere he also has some genetic resistance to the virus, but I could be confusing him with someone else. That plus meds = long life with HIV.

 

[Legendary]

money = meds = 'the cocktail' = life

 

[RESmonkey]

Because he sleeps with a bunch of money in his room.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

He sleeps with oodles of cash surrounding his bed.

 

[J]

Originally posted by: Xanis
he has HIV, not AIDS. there's a difference.

What he said.

 

[Vehemence]

All things in life are answered on South Park.

 

[fossilburner]

$

 

[BrokenVisage]

He lays with mounds of moola as far as the eye can see!

Seriously he's rich.

 

[Random Variable]

The onset of AIDS occurs when a certain type of T cell in the body is depleted to a specific level. It hasn't occured yet in Magic's case.

 

[Cuda1447]

He's been nearly cured. It was EXTREMELY expensive. They don't know for sure if he is cured, but they haven't seen any traces of the virus for many years now. He will not die from aids in his life.

 

[Blackjack200]

Text

Cliffs:

1. AIDS is incurable right now because when we throw toxic substances at it (medicine) It just mutates and develops resistance

2. To counter this, doctors hit it with 3 or 4 powerful drugs at the same time (drug cocktail). This is devastating to the Virus, but doesn't quite wipe it out. Over a long period of time (up to 10 years) strains of the virus evolve that are immune to all the drugs in the cocktail.

3. When the Virus has recovered, doctors will switch the cocktail, and this usually restarts the cycle.

This can continue as long as the patient can withstand the medicine - the regimen is VERY hard on the body; I imagine like chemotherapy, but maybe not as severe.

I'm sure someone on here knows a lot more about this than I do, and that I've made some glaring mistakes. Please correct me.

 

[Capt Caveman]

He looks good though he's wearing a fugly suit.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
He looks good though he's wearing a fugly suit.

Huh?

Are you referring to a picture that you're looking at? Because we don't see it. Or do you have a real-time feed on what he's currently wearing?

 

[frostedflakes]

Originally posted by: Blackjack200
Text

Cliffs:

1. AIDS is incurable right now because when we throw toxic substances at it (medicine) It just mutates and develops resistance

2. To counter this, doctors hit it with 3 or 4 powerful drugs at the same time (drug cocktail). This is devastating to the Virus, but doesn't quite wipe it out. Over a long period of time (up to 10 years) strains of the virus evolve that are immune to all the drugs in the cocktail.

3. When the Virus has recovered, doctors will switch the cocktail, and this usually restarts the cycle.

This can continue as long as the patient can withstand the medicine - the regimen is VERY hard on the body; I imagine like chemotherapy, but maybe not as severe.

I'm sure someone on here knows a lot more about this than I do, and that I've made some glaring mistakes. Please correct me.

Yup, antiviral drugs are very effective against HIV. Main problem is they are costly and therefore out of reach of the majority of HIV patients. I had no idea they were so hard on the body, though. But even taking this into account, it's probably better than the alternative (AIDS).

There has been a lot of friction between the large pharmaceuticals and some third world countries. Some have reverse-engineered the antiviral drugs and are actually illegally manufacturing them at a fraction of the cost and distributing them to citizens.

 

[Shawn]

$$$

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
He looks good though he's wearing a fugly suit.

Huh?

Are you referring to a picture that you're looking at? Because we don't see it. Or do you have a real-time feed on what he's currently wearing?

No, he was a commentator during half-time.

 

[Vehemence]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
He looks good though he's wearing a fugly suit.

Or do you have a real-time feed on what he's currently wearing?

The "television".

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

I thought you all knew this:
http://www.thedailytube.com/vi...elps-cure-cartoon-aids

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
He looks good though he's wearing a fugly suit.

Huh?

Are you referring to a picture that you're looking at? Because we don't see it. Or do you have a real-time feed on what he's currently wearing?

No, he was a commentator during half-time.

ah, ok.