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RIP Alexis Arquette

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by MisterCreosote, Sep 12, 2016.

  1. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Tommy Morrison, maybe?

    Who has HIV, currently, that we know of?

    Magic Johnson
    Charlie Sheen
    Greg Louganis
    Andrew Sullivan
    Roberto Alomar (unconfirmed)
     
  2. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    Per a quick Google search, names I recognized included Rudy Galindo (the figure skater) and the singers from Erasure and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
     
  3. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    It still killed more than a million people last year, but it's pretty remarkable how it has turned into a fairly manageable disease*.

    * -- IF you can afford the treatment, that is.
     
  4. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Mostly in the third world, right?
     
  5. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Yes, but still a couple thousand here in the U.S. Mostly black and/or gay people.

    Pretty good improvement from the 40,000-50,000 per year in the '90s.
     
  6. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    And that has led to a dramatic drop in condom use and a dramatic increase in STD rates.
     
  7. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    But curiously enough, teen pregnancy rates continue to drop.

    My favorite statistic along those lines is about HPV: Just about EVERY sexually active person gets it at one point or another.
     
  8. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

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  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Or allergies.
     
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  10. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Plus the huge rise in heroin use and the needle sharing has led to HIV outbreaks in Middle America.
     
  11. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Indiana, in particular. I'm surprised, with its law and order governor.
     
  12. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

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