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That's normal. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is now easy to treat. It hasn't killed many rich people for 15 years.
by thisrod 16y ago
That's normal. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is now easy to treat. It hasn't killed many rich people for 15 years.
- bmelton 16y agoNot to take anything away from your comment, but he was well past having just HIV, and full bore into AIDS, and he was also not even remotely wealthy. Having graduated from living in his car full time to a 180 square foot apartment just before his uninsured car was stolen.
- peripitea 16y agoHe probably meant "rich" in the global sense.
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- GrandMasterBirt 16y agoTrue, that is incredible that we can kick this disease pretty hard now. However the problem still stands, the only known solution is a bone marrow transplant and that requires a corpse + a 50/50 chance to die.
- RK 16y agoBone marrow is generally harvested from living people. Some links here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_marrow#Harvesting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_marrow#Harvesting
- catch23 16y agoI'm guessing he wasn't sick in the USA, since you actually need to be rich to pay for specialized healthcare here.
- SandB0x 16y ago20 years, for Magic Johnson.
- redthrowaway 16y agoHe has to be a statistical outlier. Freddie Mercury had cash too, but that didn't save him. Same for Easy E. I'd be very interested in studying Magic's genotype and seeing what makes him so special.