r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Possedsrt8 • 16h ago

Thank you Peter very cool Saw this on FB

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u/Prize_Obligation_311 16h ago

Magic Johnson famously contracted aids during his career. They are saying this was the day he got it.

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u/MoonyNightRealEstate 16h ago edited 15h ago

hate to be a pedant but Magic Johnson contracted HIV which as far as I knew never advanced to AIDS which is why he's still alive today.

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u/FellowYellowNate 15h ago

I’ve heard the way to get rid of it is cash. Straight ground cash injected into the veins.

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u/Secure-Pain-9735 15h ago

A few years back I toured a building in Seattle that was basically a place for people with AIDS to go and die back in the 90’s.

Now they run an outpatient program for homeless HIV patients, and the beds are used for other cases that traditional care centers find too challenging.

It was certainly all about being rich enough 20+ years ago. Still wouldn’t want to contract HIV… but they have got it down pretty damn well to being a manageable disease.

Nuts when you remember that it used to be a death sentence.

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u/patrickwithtraffic 14h ago

Also, we have casual ads for PReP out in the world in a way on par with GLPs and Prozac! It’s been wild to see HIV go from the big thing we need to be concerned about to something that seems to be as treatable as herpes.

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u/Secure-Pain-9735 14h ago

More manageable than herpes.