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2006-12-04 07:58:25 · 6 answers · asked by Suga Bear 1 in Health Diseases & Conditions STDs

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First off.... HIV is the retrovirus that an individual can be infected with. AIDS is a classification of advanced HIV infection when the immune system no longer has the ability to fend off opportunistic infections.

Magic Johnson, Arthur Ashe, and Greg Louganis are all good examples of celebrities that disclosed their status. Liberace, Rock Hudson, and Freddy Mercury are good examples of celebrities that denied having HIV/AIDS until the day they died.

Why? There is still a social stigma attached to individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Discrimination occurs for some people on a daily basis because there is still a large percentage of the World population that remain ignorant about the facts of HIV/AIDS. Ask questions. seek answers, get educated about the largest pandemic this planet has seen and show compassion for those who suffer from its effects.

Todd (AIDS - positive since 2004)

2006-12-04 10:32:58 · answer #1 · answered by Todd 2 · 0 0

Magic Johnson, Rock Hudson, Liberaci

2006-12-04 16:01:36 · answer #2 · answered by cici 5 · 0 0

Freddie Mercury,

2006-12-04 16:03:53 · answer #3 · answered by jim 6 · 0 0

Olympic diver Greg Louganis. Tennis star Arthur Ashe died from it.

2006-12-04 17:17:09 · answer #4 · answered by Double 709 5 · 0 0

Magic Johnson does not have AIDS. He has HIV, which is completely different from AIDS.

2006-12-04 16:22:36 · answer #5 · answered by usa_grl15 4 · 0 2

Not many - this kind of publicity they tend to shy away from.

2006-12-04 16:01:54 · answer #6 · answered by kilamanjaro 1 · 0 0

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