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Magic Johnson is still in good health after > 20 years, due to very effective antivirals. Nowadays HIV is a chronic condition, manageable with medication, not a

Magic Johnson is still in good health after > 20 years, due to very effective antivirals. Nowadays HIV is a chronic condition, manageable with medication, not a death sentence, but people haven't gone back to fucking like rabid badgers.

remarkEon 5y ago
>due to very effective antivirals Magic Johnson is still in good health because he was unimaginably rich when he got it. Others who got HIV at the time he did died of AIDS. I'm not sure what your point is.
- HarryHirsch 5y ago
  What I'm saying is that today life expectancy of a 21 year old who is HIV-positive is only 9 years less than of a seronegative individual. If you are diagnosed now as a young person you can expect 30 or 40 years of decent health, it's a very manageable condition, but people haven't gone back to full-on crazy. Outcomes like Magic Johnson are the rule nowadays.
  - remarkEon 5y ago
    Which just proves the point that HIV and AIDS are in no way comparable to COVID. I'm still lost.
  - ericd 5y ago
    That’s today. The prognosis when the behavior change you’re referring to happened was much different.