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I'm not sure it's the alternative treatments that did him in... it was the AIDS that he kept a secret and was subsequently revealed by wikileaks.
by j0hnyl 3y ago
I'm not sure it's the alternative treatments that did him in... it was the AIDS that he kept a secret and was subsequently revealed by wikileaks.
- loup-vaillant 3y agoDo you have a credible link? The quick search I did suggests the evidence was unreliable and likely forged.
- j0hnyl 3y agoI'm only aware that documents were circulating saying that, but now that I'm searching around, I think the best details are here: https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs_purported_HIV_medical_status_results,_2008 https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs_purported_HIV_medical_... Conclusion is that the documents shouldn't be taken at face value... so maybe not? However, if he was HIV+ I can totally see why it would be covered up. I guess it's a big question mark, but it's not unbelievable.
- asveikau 3y agoThere are a lot of conspiracy theories about AIDS, and in the case like the death of Steve Jobs I guess this sort of rumor is bolstered by the fact that a lot of people hid their diagnosis due to stigma. Jobs was famously very focused on image. But I think most of that stigma was gone by 2010.
- j0hnyl 3y agoThe stigma is most definitely not gone with the exception of the gay community, and maybe younger folks. If Jobs had AIDS and hid it, it wouldn't be a shock, but I think it would be a contributing factor to disinformation as most people believe the pancreatic cancer happened on its own and was exacerbated by his alternate treatments.
- asveikau 3y agoWell the other thing is, if he got a positive test in 2006, he'd be on anti-retrovirals and wouldn't have died of it. He had money and access to good doctors. It's rare for someone like him to die of AIDS complications.