Did Magic Johnson fake being HIV positive?

[huevonkiller]

Well from the start I've always considered it, I'm just commenting on how much conviction is appropriate. This "1 in 5 million" reference seemed out of place.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Well from the start I've always considered it, I'm just commenting on how much conviction is appropriate. This "1 in 5 million" reference seemed out of place.

Agreed, particularly since at least one of his partners was a (female) porn star. I think that qualifies as "high risk".

 

[Denny Crane]

Always a possibility, just not the only one, or even the most absurdly likely one the way you made it seem.

It's not hard to figure out. Where are all his teammates who got HIV from the same groupies? How about other players in the league from the same time period?

 

[Really Lost One]

So Magic Johnson is now a homosexual...

Hm, never knew that. Interesting.

 

[huevonkiller]

It's not hard to figure out. Where are all his teammates who got HIV from the same groupies? How about other players in the league from the same time period?

Isn't he a household name? The player of the 80's considering all his exposure, and he's in LA to top it off.

Well from the start I've always considered it, I'm just commenting on how much conviction is appropriate. This "1 in 5 million" reference seemed out of place.

 

[Denny Crane]

Agreed, particularly since at least one of his partners was a (female) porn star. I think that qualifies as "high risk".

This porn star has HIV?

 

[huevonkiller]

This porn star has HIV?

How do you know who does and doesn't share needles/etc. ? Certainly "high-risk".

 

[Denny Crane]

How do you know who does and doesn't share needles/etc. ? Certainly "high-risk".

The porn star's name is Heather Hunter, and she's been tested and is not HIV+. So she couldn't have given it to him.

There's about 1M total HIV infections in the US to date, including deaths. The population is 300M. The odds someone is high risk is about 1 in 300 or better (1 in 400 or 1 in 500 perhaps).

 

[huevonkiller]

The porn star's name is Heather Hunter, and she's been tested and is not HIV+. So she couldn't have given it to him.

There's about 1M total HIV infections in the US to date, including deaths. The population is 300M. The odds someone is high risk is about 1 in 300 or better (1 in 400 or 1 in 500 perhaps).

Magic was probably in the top 1-5% of sexual activity even amongst his peers, and I'd bet he's been with more than just one porn starish girl.

Anyway I don't know what the problem is, I'm not ruling out anything, just keeping certain things in perspective.

 

[bodyman5001]

I certainly can't say that he couldn't be gay. Who knows? However, I can imagine an NBA star would be more likely to engage in all kinds of things that are far riskier than your average one night stand.

This might be crude but oh well...

To figure his risk factors for hetero sex.


If stereotypes are likely true, Magic likely has a larger than average penis.
Magic get's plenty of oral sex from small women who scrape the fragile skin of his penis with their teeth.
Magic has anal sex with HIV infected woman while not having recovered from cuts on penis.

Magic gets HIV.

Really gross to talk about but it seems way more likely than your average male.

It is all speculation anyway and doesn't really matter.

 

[drexlersdad]

Why is that more likely?

like someones else said, its VERY unlikely that he faked contracting hiv.

its more likely he is secretly a hermaphrodite.

its more likely he has dog fights in his backyard.

its more likely he watches german fecal porn.

its more likely he is currently reading this thread.

 

[ucatchtrout]

I don't care how he got it but is that really an accurate statistic? Just bringing that up since I've read some conflicting things; I'd just like to see the source.

My wife is a nurse who specializes in HIV and HIV related illnesses.

One of her patients contracted HIV at age 16 from heterosexual intercourse that was unprotected. It was her very first sexual experience. She died five years later.

Of course.... that was her story.

Just do some google searches on odds of contracting hiv and you will see that the stats as Denny presented them are repeated numerous places. My wife says facts like this are dangerous and that the only safe sex is SAFE SEX.

If you look at the facts surrounding HIV transmission, gay sex seems to be the most likely way for Magic to have gotten the virus. Remember him and Isiah kissing on the cheek?

 

[barfo]

like someones else said, its VERY unlikely that he faked contracting hiv.

its more likely he is secretly a hermaphrodite.

its more likely he has dog fights in his backyard.

its more likely he watches german fecal porn.

its more likely he is currently reading this thread.

Well, he is surely reading it now that you mentioned the german fecal porn.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

My wife is a nurse who specializes in HIV and HIV related illnesses.

One of her patients contracted HIV at age 16 from heterosexual intercourse that was unprotected. It was her very first sexual experience. She died five years later.

Of course.... that was her story.

Just do some google searches on odds of contracting hiv and you will see that the stats as Denny presented them are repeated numerous places. My wife says facts like this are dangerous and that the only safe sex is SAFE SEX.

If you look at the facts surrounding HIV transmission, gay sex seems to be the most likely way for Magic to have gotten the virus. Remember him and Isiah kissing on the cheek?

The stats are what they are; measured after the fact by interviewing people who have the disease. I don't know any site that recommends anything less than really knowing your partner's status (condom or not) or that the only sure way to not get the disease is to abstain.

I've seen stats showing that 10% of the population is gay (probably higher since people are in the closet). If true and there's ~450 NBA players, it shouldn't be surprising that ~45 of them are gay. Not that anyone should really care.

 

[ucatchtrout]

The stats are what they are; measured after the fact by interviewing people who have the disease. I don't know any site that recommends anything less than really knowing your partner's status (condom or not) or that the only sure way to not get the disease is to abstain.

I've seen stats showing that 10% of the population is gay (probably higher since people are in the closet). If true and there's ~450 NBA players, it shouldn't be surprising that ~45 of them are gay. Not that anyone should really care.

There is also a group of people who may be primarily heterosexual, but have had a a couple of sexual encounters with same sex partners, or participated in threesomes, or orgies.

Magic might have contracted the disease from a threesome or sex party.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

dunno, magic always seemed kinda "swishy". nothing wrong with that, but he just seemed very effiminate. Maybe he swung both ways.