Can Magic Johnson’s longevity with HIV undermine is work in HIV/AIDS prevention? The so-called “Magic paradox“:
Call it the Magic Paradox. Fifteen years ago, L.A. Laker legend Magic Johnson announced he had AIDS and would retire from basketball. Today, Johnson, 47, looks so healthy some may question whether AIDS is the menace it was made out to be.That’s one of the myths Johnson says he will have to dispel if he’s going to succeed in perhaps his most ambitious venture of all, a $60 million partnership with the drug firm Abbott that aims to cut AIDS rates among African-Americans by 50% in the next five years.
(via Instapundit)
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